PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates originating from human and animal sources

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 163-166

  Arroyo, Luis G ^a   Kruth, Stephen A ^a   Willey, Barbara M ^b   Staempfli, Henry R ^a   Low, Don E ^b   Weese, J Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; RIBOSOME RNA; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG; HORSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CATS; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; ENTEROTOXINS; HORSES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 15544374402     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45805-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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