An enhanced DNA fingerprinting service to investigate potential Clostridium difficile infection case clusters sharing the same PCR ribotype.
J Clin Microbiol
; 49(12): 4333-7, 2011 Dec.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21956986
ABSTRACT
Of 53 potential Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) case clusters/outbreaks, affecting 2 to 41 patients in 27 institutions, 19% comprised unrelated isolates and 34% had highly related and distinct isolates as shown by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, despite sharing a common ribotype. These findings emphasize the value of enhanced fingerprinting to confirm or refute suspected CDI case clusters.
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Assunto principal:
Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase
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Clostridioides difficile
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Impressões Digitais de DNA
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Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana
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Infecções por Clostridium
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Ribotipagem
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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Article