Molecular fingerprinting of Clostridium difficile isolates: Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis versus amplified fragment length polymorphism

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-104

  Klaassen, C H W ^a   Van Haren, H A ^a   Horrevorts, A M ^a  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIOUREA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036135677     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.1.101-104.2002     Document Type: Article

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