Subtyping of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes 591, 106 and 002, the dominant strain types circulating in Medellin, Colombia.

We aimed to achieve a higher typing resolution within the three dominant Clostridium difficile ribotypes (591,106 and 002) circulating in Colombia. A total of 50 C. difficile isolates we had previously typed by PCR-ribotyping, representing the major three ribotypes circulating in Colombia, were anal...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Clara Lina Salazar, Catalina Reyes, Astrid Vanessa Cienfuegos-Gallet, Emma Best, Santiago Atehortua, Patricia Sierra, Margarita M Correa, Warren N Fawley, Daniel Paredes-Sabja, Mark Wilcox, Angel Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5896986?pdf=render