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A probe for the detection of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

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An approximately 300 base pair DNA fragment for use as a probe was isolated from methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus DNA partially digested withSau3AI. This probe hybridized with 25 methicillin-resistant clinical isolates ofStaphylococcus aureus belonging to 18 different phage types, but not with 41 clinical isolates susceptible to methicillin.

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  1. Laboratory for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    A. C. Fluit & A. T. A. Box

  2. U-gene Research B.V., c/o University of Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    A. C. Fluit & A. T. A. Box

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Fluit, A.C., Box, A.T.A. & Verhoef, J. A probe for the detection of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus . Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 605–608 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967216

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