Comparison of two capillary gel electrophoresis systems for Clostridium difficile ribotyping, using a panel of ribotype 027 isolates and whole-genome sequences as a reference standard

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2755-2760

  Xiao, Meng ^a,b   Kong, Fanrong ^c   Jin, Ping ^d   Wang, Qinning ^c   Xiao, Kelin ^d   Jeoffreys, Neisha ^c   James, Gregory ^c   Gilbert, Gwendolyn L ^c,e  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Shenzhen Bao'An Maternity and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 23S; SPACER DNA;

ACCURACY; ALLELE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; STANDARDIZATION;

CAPILLARY ELECTROCHROMATOGRAPHY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIBOTYPING;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84864414696     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00777-12     Document Type: Article

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