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Polymerase chain reaction assay to detect Clostridium difficile tcdC variants is valuable in characterizing hospital epidemiology.

The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jul 2013

Wilmer A, Lloyd-Smith E, Leung V, Wong T, Ritchie G, Hoang L, Champagne S, Romney M G

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The epidemiology of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), acquired at two hospitals in Vancouver over a one-year period, was reviewed. Cases were analysed by tcdC polymerase chain reaction, with tcdC variants (18 base pair deletion) highly associated with the NAP1 strain. Of the 214 cases identified, 51.9% were caused by these tcdC variants; these cases occurred more frequently in older patients...

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PMID: 23702278
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2013.04.002

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