Molecular characterisation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Finer discrimination between strains of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) than phage typing can provide is needed to identify and characterise spread of infection in outbreaks. This study compares three molecular methods with each other and with phage typing. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis provides the greatest discrimination, but finer discrimination is obtainable by combining methods.
Walker
J
J
Manchester Public Health Laboratory, Withington Hospital.
Fox
A J
AJ
Borrow
R
R
Oppenheim
B A
BA
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000592:standards*; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000592:standards*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects*