Investigation of a Clostridium difficile cluster by multilocus sequence typing in a bone marrow transplant unit

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 691-693

  Hu, Carol ^a   Sunday, Richard ^a   Bruminhent, Jackrapong ^a   Bobik, Brent ^a   Wagner, John ^a   Weiss, Mark ^a   Flomenberg, Phyllis ^a   Wang, Zi Xuan ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BLEACHING AGENT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL DISEASE ELISA KIT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYZER; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; LETTER; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; ADULT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARRIER STATE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING;

EID: 84901229162     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.008     Document Type: Letter

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