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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
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Variations in Staphylococcal Interspersed Repeat Units for Molecular Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains

Katherine J. Hardy,1,2* Beryl A. Oppenheim,1 Savita Gossain,1 Fang Gao,3 and Peter M. Hawkey1,2

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: West Midlands Public Health Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 (0) 121 4240250. Fax: 44 (0) 121 772622. E-mail: Katie.Hardy{at}heartofengland. nhs.uk.

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
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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