Utilizing rapid multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis typing to aid control of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection: A multicenter study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3244-3248

  Hardy, Katherine ^a,b   Manzoor, Susan ^b   Marriott, Claire ^a   Parsons, Helen ^c   Waddington, Claire ^c   Gossain, Savita ^a   Szczepura, Ala ^c   Stallard, Nigel ^c   Hawkey, Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE LOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RIBOTYPING; TURNAROUND TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RIBOTYPING; TIME FACTORS;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 84866445046     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00784-12     Document Type: Article

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