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Clostridium Diagnostics
Clostridium difficile outbreaks detected by genotyping method
September 19th, 2006
Multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis reliably detects Clostridium difficile outbreaks. According to recently published research from the United States, "Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal illness. Recently, an increased incidence of hospital-acquired infections with severe outcomes has been reported in North America and Europe. "Current molecular-typing methods for detection of outbreaks and nosocomial transmission are labor-intensive, subjective, or insufficiently discriminatory to differentiate between closely related strains. This report describes the development of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2006-09-19)
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