TY - JOUR AU - Shopsin, Bo AU - Kreiswirth, Barry T1 - Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2001 VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 323 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Subtyping methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and tracking nosocomial infections have evolved from phenotypic to genotypic approaches; most laboratories now depend on pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). We discuss the limitations of current image-based genotyping methods, including PFGE, and the advantages (including ease of entering data into a database) of using DNA sequence analysis to control MRSA infections in health-care facilities. KW - Staphylococcus aureus KW - MRSA KW - genotyping KW - spa-typing KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid0702.700323 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/7/2/70-0323_article ER - End of Reference