Distribution of Clostridium difficile variant toxinotypes and strains with binary toxin genes among clinical isolates in an American hospital

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 887-894

  Geric, Barbara ^a   Rupnik, Maja ^a   Gerding, Dale N ^b,c   Grabnar, Miklavz ^a   Johnson, Stuart ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CYTOTOXINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

EID: 4544379887     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45610-0     Document Type: Article

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