PCR IDENTIFICATION OF FRAGMENTS OF GENES FOR PATHOGENICITY ISLANDS IN METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAINS

2013

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DOI 10.17816/eid40703
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

The identification of fragments of pathogenicity islands (SAPI1, vSaα and vSaβ) in 11 clinical strains of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), referred on the basis of spa- sequence typing and the restriction-modification test to different genotypes, has been performed. A set of studied pathogenicity islands was shown to be strain-specific and be available for usage as an epidemiological marker of hospital strains of Staphylococcus aureus.