Rapid, automated epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
The QIAxcel is an accurate, automated DNA sizing system that can be used as an alternative to agarose gel electrophoresis for rapid, high throughput epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using staphylococcal interspersed repeating unit (SIRU) typing.
McMurray
Claire L
CL
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom. claire.mcmurray@heartofengland.nhs.uk
Hardy
Katherine J
KJ
Hawkey
Peter M
PM
D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*