New types of toxin a-negative, toxin B-positive strains among clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile in Australia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1108-1111

  Elliott, Briony ^a   Squire, Michelle M ^a   Thean, Sara ^b   Chang, Barbara J ^a   Brazier, Jon S ^c   Rupnik, Maja ^d   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c Anaerobe Reference Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d Environmental Protection Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN A; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING;

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 79960383931     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.031062-0     Document Type: Article

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