Comparison of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis and whole-genome sequencing for investigation of clostridium difficile transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4141-4149

  Eyre, D W ^a   Fawley, W N ^b   Best, E L ^b   Griffiths, D ^a   Stoesser, N E ^a   Crook, D W ^a   Peto, T E A ^a   Walker, A S ^a   Wilcox, M H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84888334705     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01095-13     Document Type: Article

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