International typing study of Clostridium difficile

Anaerobe

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 4-7

  Manzo, Carl E ^a   Merrigan, Michelle M ^b   Johnson, Stuart ^a,b   Gerding, Dale N ^a,b   Riley, Thomas V ^c   Silva, Joseph ^d   Brazier, Jon S ^e   Tang Feldman, Y ^d   Delmee, M ^f   Wilks, M ^g   Mulligan, M E ^h  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Surgical Services Edward Hines Veterans Affairs Hospital   (United States)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Genotypic typing; PCR ribotyping; Phenotypic typing; REA typing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOTYPING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84899796057     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.04.005     Document Type: Article

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