DOI: 10.1128/JCM.38.9.3453-3456.2000
ABSTRACT
Coagulase gene (coa) short sequence repeat region sequencing was used to measure relatedness among a collection of temporally and geographically diverse methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus isolates. The results show thatcoa polymorphism is free of strong selective pressure and has a low index of variation that may be useful for long-term epidemiological investigations. coa typing is a useful addition to spa typing for analysis of S. aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains.
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