Article
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis and multilocus sequence typing reveal genetic relationships among Clostridium difficile isolates genotyped by restriction endonuclease analysis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 2010
Marsh Jane W, O'Leary Mary M, Shutt Kathleen A, Sambol Susan P, Johnson Stuart, Gerding Dale N, Harrison Lee H
Abstract excerpt
Numbers of Clostridium difficile infections have increased worldwide in the past decade. While infection with C. difficile remains predominantly a health care-associated infection, there may also be an increased incidence of community-associated infections. C. difficile strains of public health significance continue to emerge, and reliable genotyping methods for epidemiological investigations and global...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Clostridioides difficile
- Clostridium Infections
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA Fingerprinting
- DNA, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Humans
- Minisatellite Repeats
- Molecular Epidemiology
- Polymorphism, Genetic