Characterisation of Clostridium difficile isolates by slpA and tcdC gene sequencing

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Joost, Insa ^a   Speck, Katja ^a   Herrmann, Mathias ^a   von Müller, Lutz ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Genotyping; Ribotype 027; slpA sequence typing

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SLPA GENE; TCDC GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MACROLIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 62249130797     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(09)70010-X     Document Type: Article

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