PCR ribotyping of clinically important Clostridium difficile strains from Hungary

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1082-1086

  Urban E ^a   Brazier, J S ^a   Soki J ^a   Nagy, E ^a   Duerden, B I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOSPITAL; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0035198313     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-50-12-1082     Document Type: Article

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