Rapid and accurate identification of Staphylococcus species by tRNA intergenic spacer length polymorphism analysis

New approaches to typing and identification of bacteria using the 16S-23S rDNA spacer region

1996 • 977 citations

Update on clinical significance of coagulase-negative staphylococci

1994 • 782 citations

Comparison of traditional and molecular methods of typing isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

1994 • 523 citations

Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci: Pathogens Associated with Medical Progress

1994 • 494 citations

Identification of Acinetobacter genomic species by amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis

1995 • 314 citations

HSP60 gene sequences as universal targets for microbial species identification: studies with coagulase-negative staphylococci

1996 • 251 citations

Detection of methicillin-resistant staphylococci by using the polymerase chain reaction

1992 • 235 citations

Epidemiologic typing and delineation of genetic relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by macrorestriction analysis of genomic DNA by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

1992 • 220 citations

Genomic fingerprints produced by PCR with consensus tRNA gene primers

1991 • 218 citations

Pathogenesis of infections related to intravascular catheterization

1993 • 211 citations

Endocarditis Due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis: Report of 11 Cases and Review

1993 • 182 citations

Rapid and economical method for species identification of clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci

1995 • 123 citations

Acinetobacter species identification by using tRNA spacer fingerprinting

1996 • 117 citations

Species distribution of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates at a community hospital and implications for selection of staphylococcal identification procedures

1993 • 97 citations

Length polymorphisms in tRNA intergenic spacers detected by using the polymerase chain reaction can distinguish streptococcal strains and species

1992 • 78 citations

Molecular identification of bacteria by fluorescence-based PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of the 16S rRNA gene

1995 • 76 citations

PCR‐amplified length polymorphisms in tRNA intergenic spacers for categorizing staphylococci

1992 • 67 citations

Evaluation of the Vitek Systems Gram-Positive Identification card for species identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci

1993 • 60 citations

Identification and ribotypes of Staphylococcus caprae isolates isolated as human pathogens and from goat milk

1995 • 56 citations

Chemical and molecular classification of staphylococci

1990 • 51 citations

Clinically significant coagulase-negative staphylococci: identification and resistance patterns

1992 • 48 citations

Automated laser fluorescence analysis of randomly amplified polymorphic DNA: A rapid method for investigating nosocomial transmission of Acinetobacter baumannii

1995 • 40 citations

Gas-liquid chromatography of cellular fatty acids for identification of staphylococci

1994 • 38 citations

Four-year prospective study of STAPH-IDENT system and conventional method for reference identification of Staphylococcus, Stomatococcus, and Micrococcus spp.

1995 • 31 citations

Evaluation of RapiDEC Staph for identification of Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, and Staphylococcus saprophyticus

1994 • 21 citations

Infections caused by newly-described species of coagulase-negative staphylococci

1995 • 17 citations

Evaluation of Staf-Sistem 18-R for identification of staphylococcal clinical isolates to the species level

1994 • 7 citations