Association of Relapse of Clostridium difficile Disease with BI/NAP1/027

W. Marsh, Jane; Arora, Rangolee; L. Schlackman, Jessica; A. Shutt, Kathleen; Curry, Scott; H. Harrison, Lee

doi:10.1128/jcm.02291-12

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Association of Relapse of Clostridium difficile Disease with BI/NAP1/027

Published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology • Oct 11, 2012

Authors:

Jane W. Marsh

Rangolee Arora

Jessica L. Schlackman

Abstract

Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) occurs in up to 35% of patients. Recurrences can be due to either relapse with the same strain or reinfection with another strain. In this study, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) was performed on C. difficile isolates from patie...

Subject

Clostridium difficile

Multiple Loci VNTR Analysis

Internal medicine

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