Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis and multilocus sequence typing reveal genetic relationships among Clostridium difficile isolates genotyped by restriction endonuclease analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-418

  Marsh, Jane W ^a   O'Leary, Mary M ^a   Shutt, Kathleen A ^a   Sambol, Susan P ^b,c   Johnson, Stuart ^b,c   Gerding, Dale N ^b,c   Harrison, Lee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TCDC GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 75649095225     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01315-09     Document Type: Article

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