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Clostridium difficile Ribotype Diversity at Six Health Care Institutions in the United States

Year: 2013

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: Capillary-based PCR ribotyping was used to quantify the presence/absence and relative abundance of 98 Clostridium difficile ribotypes from clinical cases of disease at health care institutions in six states of the United States. Regionally important ribotypes were identified, and institutions in close proximity did not necessarily share more ribotype diversity than institutions that were farther apart.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00056-13

Authors: Sheila Waslawski, Eugene S. Lo, Sarah A. Ewing, Vincent B. Young, David M. Aronoff, Susan E. Sharp, Susan M. Novak-Weekley, Arthur E. Crist, W. Michael Dunne, Joan Hoppe-Bauer, Michelle Johnson, Stephen M. Brecher, Duane W. Newton, Seth T. Walk

Institutions: Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Kaiser Permanente, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, bioMérieux (United States), VA Boston Healthcare System, Montana State University

Language: English

Topic: Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: University of Michigan, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Awards: Clostridium difficile Cooperative Research Center, Phylogenomic epidemiology of Clostridium difficile, G5788608318

OpenAlex ID: W1984461570

FWCI: 3.648

Cites: 13

Cited by: 39

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