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SUBMITTER: Hirotaki S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3187289 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hirotaki Shintaro S Sasaki Takashi T Kuwahara-Arai Kyoko K Hiramatsu Keiichi K
Journal of clinical microbiology 20110810 10
Although staphylococci are identified by phenotypic analysis in many clinical laboratories, these results are often incorrect because of phenotypic variation. Genetic analysis is necessary for definitive species identification. In the present study, we developed a simple multiplex-PCR (M-PCR) for species identification of human-associated staphylococci, which were as follows: Staphylococcus aureus, S. capitis, S. caprae, S. epidermidis, S. haemolyticus, S. hominis, S. lugdunensis, S. saprophytic ...[more]