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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 271-273, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.271-273.2006
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Use of Variations in Staphylococcal Interspersed Repeat Units for Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham, B9 5SS, United Kingdom,¹ Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom,² Intensive Care Unit, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom³

Received 29 July 2005/ Returned for modification 10 September 2005/ Accepted 9 October 2005

Staphylococcal interspersed repeat unit typing has previously been shown to have the ability to discriminate between epidemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in the United Kingdom. The current study illustrates its ability to distinguish between strains within an endemic setting thereby providing a rapid transportable typing method for the identification of transmission events.

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