Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis Typing of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from the United States: Establishing a National Database

By L. McDougal, Christine D. Steward, G. Killgore, J. Chaitram, S. McAllister, F. Tenover. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2003

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A Genetic Resource for Rapid and Comprehensive Phenotype Screening of Nonessential Staphylococcus aureus Genes (2013, background): “Multiple tetracycline-susceptible derivatives were examined by PFGE to ensure that no chromosomal rearrangements were detected; one strain was selected for subsequent use and designated JE2.”
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Emergence of Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA 300 Clone as the Predominant Cause of Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections (2006, methodology): “The community-acquired MRSA USA 300/USA 400 group was defined by MRSA skin and soft-tissue infections caused by a MRSA isolate that either demonstrated a USA 300 or USA 400 pulsed-field type (6) or had an antimicrobial susceptibility profile demonstrating resistance only to -lactams and erythromycin”
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