Jonathan C. ThomasMiguel R. VargasMaria MiragaiaSharon J. PeacockGordon L. ArcherMark C. EnrightImperial College LondonInstituto de Tecnologia Quimica e Biologica - Univesidade Nova de LisboaMahidol UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University2018-08-242018-08-242007-02-01Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Vol.45, No.2 (2007), 616-619009511372-s2.0-33847081165https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/24588We evaluated three multilocus sequence typing (MLST) schemes for Staphylococcus epidermidis and selected the seven most discriminatory loci for the formation of a new, more powerful MLST scheme. This improved scheme gave 31 sequence types (STs) and 5 clonal complexes (CCs), whereas the other schemes delineate 16 to 24 STs and 1 to 3 CCs. Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.Mahidol UniversityImmunology and MicrobiologyMedicineArticleSCOPUS10.1128/JCM.01934-06