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Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2008
Killgore George, Thompson Angela, Johnson Stuart, Brazier Jon, Kuijper Ed, Pepin Jacques, Frost Eric H, Savelkoul Paul, Nicholson Brad, van den Berg Renate J, Kato Haru, Sambol Susan P, Zukowski Walter, Woods Christopher, Limbago Brandi, Gerding Dale N, McDonald L Clifford
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Using 42 isolates contributed by laboratories in Canada, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States, we compared the results of analyses done with seven Clostridium difficile typing techniques: multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), surface layer protein A gene sequence typing (slpAST), PCR-ribotyping, restriction endonuclease...
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