A novel toxinotyping scheme and correlation of toxinotypes with serogroups of Clostridium difficile isolates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2240-2247

  Rupnik, Maja ^a   Avesani, Véronique ^a   Janc, Miha ^b   Von Eichel Streiber, Christoph ^c   Delmée, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENE DELETION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031878772     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.8.2240-2247.1998     Document Type: Article

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