Typing of Clostridium difficile isolates endemic in Japan by sequencing of slpA and its application to direct typing

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 556-562

  Kato, Haru ^a   Kato, Hideaki ^b   Ito, Yoichiro ^c   Akahane, Takayuki ^d   Izumida, Sayuri ^b   Yokoyama, Toshiyuki ^e   Kaji, Chiharu ^a   Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b Toyokawa City Hospital   (Japan)

^c Gifu Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^d Azumino Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^e Kumiai Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN A; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SURFACE LAYER PROTEIN A, BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIBOTYPING; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EVALUATION; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951642332     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.016147-0     Document Type: Article

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