Publications by authors named "Ryougo Note"
Tohoku J Exp Med
July 2009
Article Synopsis
- - MRSA is a significant cause of hospital infections, making quick and reliable typing essential for tracking outbreaks and controlling infections.
- - Traditional PFGE typing is complex and slow, while spa gene sequencing offers a faster, simpler alternative with comparable effectiveness in identifying MRSA strains.
- - In a study, spa typing successfully identified unique MRSA strains at multiple hospitals in a fraction of the time compared to PFGE, suggesting its viability for rapid outbreak detection.
