Emergence of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in Korea

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-196

  Kim, Heejung ^a   Lee, Yangsoon ^a   Moon, Hee Won ^b   Lim, Chae Seung ^c   Lee, Kyungwon ^a   Chong, Yunsop ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; PCR ribotype 027; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING; SOUTH KOREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 79961073730     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.3.191     Document Type: Article

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