Colonisation and transmission of Clostridium difficile in healthy individuals examined by PCR ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 720-727

  Kato, H ^a   Kita, H ^a   Karasawa, T ^a   Maegawa, T ^a   Koino, Y ^a   Takakuwa, H ^a   Saikai, T ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Yamagishi, T ^a   Nakamura, S ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 0034918125     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-8-720     Document Type: Article

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