Analysis of Morphologically Similar Staphylococcus aureus Colonies for Assessment of Phenotypic and Genotypic Correlation

J Clin Microbiol. 2017 Jul;55(7):2285-2286. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00402-17. Epub 2017 May 10.

Authors

Marissa Totten¹, Tracy Ross², Annie Voskertchian¹, Elizabeth Colantuoni³, Aaron M Milstone¹, Karen C Carroll⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA kcarrol7@jhmi.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: Staphylococcus aureus; epidemiology; genotype; phenotype; pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Adult
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / methods
Genotype*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Phenotype*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / classification*
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Grants and funding

R01 HS022872/HS/AHRQ HHS/United States