C. difficile ribotype 027 or 176?

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 523-526

  Krutova, Marcela ^a   Matejkova, Jana ^a   Nyc, Otakar ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FECES; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RIBOTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FECES; GENE DELETION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; RIBOTYPING;

EID: 84930799583     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: 18749356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12223-014-0323-5     Document Type: Article

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