Japan Natl Institute Infectious Diseases, Tokyo
slpA gene sequenced from C. difficile strains causing outbreaks in Japan
Published in Genetics and Environmental Law Weekly, May 14th, 2005
"Previous reports have documented that a surface layer protein (SIpA) varies among Clostridium difficile isolates. The typing system by sequencing the variable region of the sIpA gene was applied to typing C. difficile strains belonging to one PCR ribotype, type smz, which has been identified as frequently causing outbreaks in Japan," investigators in Japan report.
"The PCR ribotype smz strains recovered from patients at different hospitals in Japan were examined. Among 10 type smz strains tested, three subtypes, smz 1, -2 and -3, were...
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