Multilocus sequence typing of Staphylococcus aureus with DNA array technology

J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jul;41(7):3323-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3323-3326.2003.

Abstract

A newly developed oligonucleotide array suited for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Staphylococcus aureus strains was analyzed with two strain collections in a two-center study. MLST allele identification for the first strain collection fully agreed with conventional strain typing. Analysis of strains from the second collection revealed that chip-defined MLST was concordant with conventional MLST. Array-mediated MLST data were reproducible, exchangeable, and epidemiologically concordant.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
  • Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins