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

作者：Sheila Waslawski, Eugene Siu Kai Lo, Sarah Ewing, Vincent Bensan Young, David Michael 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 · 发表于：Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.1128/jcm.00056-13 · 被引用次数：40 · 研究领域：Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research、Microscopic Colitis、Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

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.