Distribution of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes in regions of Hungary

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-282

  Terhes, Gabriella ^a   Brazier, Jon S ^b   Urbán, Edit ^a   Sóki, József ^a   Nagy, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 33645097161     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46141-0     Document Type: Review

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