Predominance of a single restriction endonuclease analysis group with intrahospital subgroup diversity among Clostridium difficile isolates at two Chicago Hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 648-652

  Mekonen, Endale T ^a   Gerding, Dale N ^a   Sambol, Susan P ^a   Pottinger, Jean M ^a   Pulvirenti, Joseph J ^b   Marsh, Dayle ^b   Kocka, Frank E ^b   Johnson, Stuart ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONAL VARIATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MOLECULAR TYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036845265     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501988     Document Type: Article

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