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Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51).

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Thesis (Honors)--Liberty University Honors Program, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-74).

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Hung Ming Wai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-169). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.I / Abstract (Chinese version) --- p.III / Acknowledgments --- p.V / Contents --- p.VI / List of Tables --- p.XII / List of Figures --- p.XIV / List of Abbreviations & Symbols --- p.XVII / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Definition and Identification --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Antibiotic resistance --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Methicillin/oxacillin resistance --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Other antibiotic resistance --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Evolution of MRSA --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Staphylococcal Chromosome Cassette mec (SCCmec) --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The origin of mec element --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- The acquisition of SCCmec: from MSSA to MRSA --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Five pandemic clones --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Epidemiology of MRSA --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- MRSA Infections --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Community-acquired MRSA --- p.13 / Chapter 1.4 --- Staphylococcal Gene Regulators --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Accessory gene regulator (agr) --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4.1.1 --- Structure and functions of accessory gene regulator (agr) --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4.1.2 --- Autoinducing Peptide (AIP) --- p.16 / Chapter 1.4.1.3 --- Implication of agr I-IV --- p.18 / Chapter 1.4.2 --- Staphylococcal accessory regulator (sar) --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.2.1 --- Structure and function of sar --- p.19 / Chapter 1.4.3 --- Difference in Functions of sar and agr --- p.20 / Chapter 1.4.4 --- "Other sar A homologues, SarS, R，T, U, and other Gene Regulators" --- p.22 / Chapter 1.5 --- Adhesin and toxin genes --- p.25 / Chapter 1.5.1 --- Adhesins --- p.25 / Chapter 1.5.2 --- Exotoxins --- p.26 / Chapter 1.6 --- Typing Methods --- p.29 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Phenotypic typing method --- p.31 / Chapter 1.6.1.1 --- Antibiotic-susceptibility Test --- p.31 / Chapter 1.6.1.2 --- Bacteriophage Typing --- p.31 / Chapter 1.6.1.3 --- Serotyping --- p.32 / Chapter 1.6.1.4 --- Electrophoretic Protein Typing and Immunoblotting --- p.33 / Chapter 1.6.1.5 --- Multilocus Enzyme Electrophoresis --- p.34 / Chapter 1.6.1.6 --- Limitations of phenotyping --- p.34 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Genotyping methods --- p.35 / Chapter 1.6.2.1 --- PCR Assays --- p.35 / Chapter 1.6.2.2 --- Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) --- p.36 / Chapter 1.6.2.3 --- Multi-Locus Sequence Typing (MLST) --- p.37 / Chapter 1.6.2.4 --- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) --- p.38 / Chapter 1.6.2.5 --- Ribotyping --- p.38 / Chapter 1.6.2.6 --- Plasmid Typing --- p.39 / Chapter 1.6.2.7 --- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism --- p.39 / Chapter 1.6.2.8 --- Nucleic Acid Hybridization --- p.40 / Chapter 1.7 --- Objectives of the project --- p.41 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Materials and Methods --- p.42 / Chapter 2.1 --- Bacterial Isolates & Culture conditions --- p.42 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Bacterial Isolates --- p.43 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Reference Strains --- p.43 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Identification of MRSA --- p.44 / Chapter 2.2 --- Antibiotic Susceptibility Test --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3 --- Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- DNA preparation --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Restriction digestion --- p.48 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- PFGE --- p.48 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Analysis of band patterns --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4 --- Phage Typing --- p.50 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Source of Phages & Propagating Strains --- p.50 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Procedures of phage typing --- p.50 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Routine check of the lytic strength of phages --- p.51 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Evaluation of the reproducibility of phage typing --- p.51 / Chapter 2.5 --- Detection of SCCmec and mec Genes by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) --- p.55 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- DNA preparation for PCR --- p.55 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Master mix preparation and PCR conditions --- p.55 / Chapter 2.5.3 --- Electrophoresis of DNA Amplicors (PCR products) --- p.55 / Chapter 2.5.4 --- Detection of mecA gene by PCR --- p.56 / Chapter 2.5.5 --- Detection of SCCmec I-IV by PCR --- p.58 / Chapter 2.6 --- Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction --- p.60 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Detection of agr I-IV --- p.60 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Detection of Pyrogenic Toxin Genes --- p.62 / Chapter 2.6.2.1 --- Primer Mix Preparation for Multiplex PCR --- p.66 / Chapter 2.6.2.1.1 --- Sea-see Multiplex PCR --- p.66 / Chapter 2.6.2.1.2 --- Seg-sej Multiplex PCR --- p.66 / Chapter 2.6.2.1.3 --- "Eta, etb, tsst-1 for multiplex PCR" --- p.66 / Chapter 2.6.2.2 --- Multiplex Master Mix Preparation --- p.67 / Chapter 2.6.2.3 --- "PCR controls for pyrogenic toxins (sea-sej, eta-b, tsst-1)" --- p.67 / Chapter 2.6.2.4 --- Sequencing of PCR products --- p.68 / Chapter 2.6.3 --- PCR for adhesin and toxin genes --- p.69 / Chapter 2.6.3.1 --- "Multiplex Master mix preparation for lukE, fib, cna, icaD" --- p.71 / Chapter 2.6.3.2 --- "Multiplex Master mix preparation for fnbA,fnbB, hla, hlb, icaA" --- p.71 / Chapter 2.6.3.3 --- PCR controls for adhesin and toxin genes --- p.71 / Chapter 2.6.3.4 --- Size of PCR products resolved by gel electrophoresis --- p.72 / Chapter 2.6.3.5 --- Sequencing of PCR products --- p.72 / Chapter 2.7 --- Multi-locus sequence typing --- p.73 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- Bacterial Isolates --- p.73 / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Primer design --- p.73 / Chapter 2.7.3 --- PCR Master mix preparation --- p.73 / Chapter 2.7.4 --- PCR for MLST gene --- p.75 / Chapter 2.7.5 --- Sequencing of PCR products --- p.75 / Chapter 2.7.6 --- Data Analysis --- p.75 / Chapter 2.8 --- Sequence typing of Coa gene --- p.76 / Chapter 2.8.1 --- Bacterial Isolates --- p.76 / Chapter 2.8.2 --- Amplification of Coa Gene by PCR --- p.76 / Chapter 2.8.3 --- coa sequencing --- p.77 / Chapter 2.8.4 --- Sequence Analysis --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Results --- p.79 / Chapter 3.1 --- Bacterial Isolates --- p.79 / Chapter 3.2 --- PCR for mecA gene --- p.80 / Chapter 3.3 --- Antibiotics Susceptibility Test --- p.81 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of MRSA --- p.82 / Chapter 3.4 --- Pulsed-field Gel Electrophoresis --- p.85 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Optimization of PFGE and Inter-gel Variation --- p.85 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Analysis of PFGE profiles --- p.87 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- PFGE patterns and antibiotic profiles --- p.93 / Chapter 3.5 --- Phage Typing --- p.96 / Chapter 3.6 --- SCCmec Typing --- p.98 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- PCR Optimization --- p.98 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- PCR and distribution of SCCmec types --- p.101 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- PFGE patterns and SCCmec types --- p.103 / Chapter 3.7 --- agr Typing --- p.104 / Chapter 3.7.1 --- Optimization of PCR --- p.104 / Chapter 3.7.2 --- PCR and Distribution of agr groups --- p.106 / Chapter 3.7.3 --- PFGE patterns and agr groups --- p.108 / Chapter 3.7.4 --- SCCmec types and agr groups --- p.108 / Chapter 3.8 --- "PCR for adhesin, pyrogenie and other toxin genes" --- p.110 / Chapter 3.8.1 --- Optimization of PCR --- p.110 / Chapter 3.8.2 --- "Distribution of adhesin, pyrogenic and other toxin genes" --- p.120 / Chapter 3.9 --- Multi-Locus Sequence Typing --- p.124 / Chapter 3.10 --- coa Sequence Typing --- p.126 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion --- p.128 / Chapter 4.1 --- Evaluation of the Typing methods for MRSA --- p.128 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Antibiotic Susceptibility Test --- p.128 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- PFGE --- p.128 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Phage Typing --- p.130 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- "PFGE, SCCmec typing and agr typing" --- p.131 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- MLST --- p.132 / Chapter 4.1.6 --- Sequencing typing of coa gene --- p.133 / Chapter 4.2 --- Characteristics of MRSA --- p.134 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- PCR for adhesin and toxin genes --- p.134 / Chapter 4.3 --- Key Characteristics of Hong Kong isolates --- p.137 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.144 / Chapter 4 5 --- Future Research --- p.145 / Reference List --- p.146 / Appendix I - Materials/Reagents for Methods --- p.170 / Appendix II - Reagents Formula --- p.178 / Appendix III - coa sequence alignment --- p.180 / Appendix IV - Typing patterns and Characteristics of reference isolates --- p.193 / Appendix V - Miscellaneous --- p.195 / Appendix VI - Typing Patterns and Characteristics of PFGE type isolates --- p.204