Cost-Effectiveness and Efficacy of spa, SCCmec, and PVL Genotyping of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as Compared to Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

• Vincent Li,

  Affiliation Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Linda Chui ,

  * E-mail: Linda.Chui@albertahealthservices.ca

  Affiliations Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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• Lisa Louie,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Andrew Simor,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• George R. Golding,

  Affiliation National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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• Marie Louie

  Affiliations Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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