Modification of a PCR ribotyping method for application as a routine typing scheme for Clostridium difficile

Anaerobe

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 205-209

  O'Neill, G L ^a,b   Ogunsola, F T ^b   Brazier, J S ^a   Duerden, B I ^a  

^a Public Health Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Intergenic spacer; PCR ribotyping

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; RNA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0030220788     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1996.0028     Document Type: Article

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