Detection of virulence genes of Clostridium difficile by multiplex PCR

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Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 607-613

  Antikainen, Jenni ^a   Pasanen, Tanja ^a   Mero, Sointu ^a   Tarkka, Eveliina ^a   Kirveskari, Juha ^a   Kotila, Saara ^b   Mentula, Silja ^b   KÖnÖnen, Eija ^b   Virolainen Julkunen, Anni Riitta ^b   Vaara, Martti ^a   Tissari, Päivi ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; PCR ribotype 027; Virulence

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TCDC GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68349085903     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02509.x     Document Type: Article

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