Symposium 7 - Molecular Diagnostic Assays and Recent Advances in Typing

Wednesday, 10 September 2008 10:30 - 12:00, Hall A

Co-Chair Jodi Lindsay Centre for Infection, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom
Co-Chair Phil Giffard Menzies School of Health ResearchAustralia
The clinical impact of S aureus genome variation and evolution
  • Jodi Lindsay, Centre for Infection, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, St. George's, University of London, United Kingdom
Rapid genotyping of S. aureus
  • Phil Giffard, Menzies School of Health Research, Australia
Global phylogeny of the ST239-MRSA-III Clone
  • Ashley Robinson, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA, United States
Chromosomal replacement leads to the evolution of a highly resistant MRSA clone not correctly grouped by spa-typing/BURP analysis
  • Birgit Strommenger, Robert Koch Institute, Germany