TY - GEN AU - Murchan,Stephen AU - Kaufmann,Mary Elizabeth AU - Deplano,Ariane AU - de Ryck,Raf AU - Struelens,Marc AU - Zinn,Christina Elsberg AU - Fussing,Vivian AU - Salmenlinna,Saara AU - Vuopio-Varkila,Jaana AU - El Solh,Névine AU - Cuny,Christina AU - Witte,Wolfgang AU - Tassios,Panayotis T AU - Legakis,Nikolas AU - van Leeuwen,Willem AU - van Belkum,Alex AU - Vindel,Anna AU - Laconcha,Idoia AU - Garaizar,Javier AU - Haeggman,Saara AU - Olsson-Liljequist,Barbro AU - Ransjo,Ulrika AU - Coombes,Geoffrey AU - Cookson,Barry TI - Harmonization of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis protocols for epidemiological typing of strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a single approach developed by consensus in 10 European laboratories and its application for tracing the spread of related strains SN - 0095-1137 PY - 2003///0711 KW - Bacterial Typing Techniques KW - methods KW - DNA, Bacterial KW - analysis KW - Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific KW - metabolism KW - Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field KW - European Union KW - Humans KW - Laboratories KW - Methicillin Resistance KW - Staphylococcal Infections KW - epidemiology KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - classification N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't UR - https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.4.1574-1585.2003 ER -