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Coexistence of multiple multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis subtypes of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 strains within fecal specimens.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Mar 2010
Tanner Hannah E, Hardy Katherine J, Hawkey Peter M
Abstract excerpt
We investigated whether multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) typing could identify different subtypes of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 within the same feces specimen. Five of 39 specimens yielded at least one isolate with an MLVA profile different (more than five summed t...
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