Multilocus sequence typing of Clostridium difficile.

A robust high-throughput multilocus sequence typing (MLST) scheme for Clostridium difficile was developed and validated using a diverse collection of 50 reference isolates representing 45 different PCR ribotypes and 102 isolates from recent clinical samples. A total of 49 PCR ribotypes were represen...

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Main Authors: Griffiths, D, Fawley, W, Kachrimanidou, M, Bowden, R, Crook, D, Fung, R, Golubchik, T, Harding, R, Jeffery, K, Jolley, K, Kirton, R, Peto, T, Rees, G, Stoesser, N, Vaughan, A, Walker, A, Young, B, Wilcox, M, Dingle, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010