“…Strain typing can be performed using multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) or Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Bacterial genomes contain polymorphic tandem repeats at an identical locus (for example, variable-number tandem repeats (VNTRs)), which differ between strains [ 6 ]. MLVA takes advantage of these repeats to distinguish strains and can be easily performed by conventional PCR with identical primers [ 7 ].…”