Modified multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis for rapid identification and typing of Clostridium difficile during institutional outbreaks

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1983-1986

  Broukhanski, George ^a   Low, Donald E ^a   Pillai, Dylan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODIFIED MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER TANDEM REPEAT ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT; VALIDATION STUDY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR TYPING;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 79955547348     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02359-10     Document Type: Article

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