Rapid molecular characterization of Clostridium difficile and assessment of populations of C. difficile in stool specimens

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2142-2148

  Wroblewski, Danielle ^a   Hannett, George E ^a   Bopp, Dianna J ^a   Dumyati, Ghinwa K ^b   Halse, Tanya A ^a   Dumas, Nellie B ^a   Musser, Kimberlee A ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN C GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADP RIBOSE TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW YORK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 67650069257     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02498-08     Document Type: Article

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