Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile strains in children compared with that of strains circulating in adults with Clostridium difficile-associated infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3994-3996

  Stoesser, Nicole ^a,c   Crook, Derrick W ^a,c   Fung, Rowena ^a,c   Griffiths, David ^a,c   Harding, Rosalind M ^c,d   Kachrimanidou, Melina ^a,c   Keshav, Satish ^f   Peto, Tim E ^a,c   Vaughan, Alison ^a,c   Walker, A Sarah ^a,c,e   Dingle, Kate E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; RIBOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 80355137192     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05349-11     Document Type: Article

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