Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis for typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis.

ABSTRACT: We applied a high-resolution PCR-based typing method, multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), for discrimination of 30 multidrug-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis. The results of MLVA were congruent with results obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). MLVA generated discrete character data, and its discriminatory capacity was comparable to that of PFGE.

SUBMITTER: Johansson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1351942 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature