Comparison of a commercially available repetitive-element PCR system (DiversiLab) with PCR ribotyping for typing of Clostridium difficile strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3352-3354

  Eckert, C ^a,b   Van Broeck, J ^c   Spigaglia, P ^d   Burghoffer, B ^a,b   Delmee M ^c   Mastrantonio, P ^d   Barbut, F ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPETITIVE ELEMENT POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; SKILL;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 80052235142     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00324-11     Document Type: Article

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