An enhanced DNA fingerprinting service to investigate potential Clostridium difficile infection case clusters sharing the same PCR ribotype

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4333-4337

  Fawley, Warren N ^a   Wilcox, Mark H ^a,b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOTYPING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 82455186819     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05873-11     Document Type: Article

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