Subtyping of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 001 by REP-PCR and PFGE

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 543-547

  Northey, Gemma ^a   Gal, Micaela ^a   Rahmati, Ahmed ^a   Brazier, Jon S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCE BASED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 20344373898     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45989-0     Document Type: Article

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