Development and evaluation of a novel, semiautomated clostridium difficile typing platform

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 621-624

  Westblade, Lars F ^a   Chamberland, Robin R ^a   MacCannell, Duncan ^b   Collins, Rachel ^a   Dubberke, Erik R ^a   Dunne, W Michael ^c   Burnham, Carey Ann D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c BIOMÉRIEUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOSOME ASSEMBLY PROTEIN 1;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIBOTYPING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873042127     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02627-12     Document Type: Article

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