Typing of Clostridium difficile

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 428-431

  Brazier, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0035436324     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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