Molecular characterisation of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Commun Dis Public Health. 1998 Jun;1(2):126-7.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques / standards*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / standards*
  • England
  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / standards*
  • Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*