Genotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates.

doi:10.1093/infdis/169.3.661

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Genotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates.

The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Mar 1994

Silva J, Tang Y J, Gumerlock P H

Abstract excerpt

Arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) was used to genotype Clostridium difficile isolates from various sources. Four major molecular types were identified among strains from the American Type Culture Collection previously typed by serogroup and from isolates from patients at the U...

Topics

Base Sequence
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium Infections
DNA, Bacterial
Genotype
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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