title: Rapid, automated epidemiological typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom. claire.mcmurray@heartofengland.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Claire L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: McMurray
authors.forename: Katherine J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Hawkey
mesh_terms: 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*