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Clostridium
Study data from W.N. Fawley et al provide new insights into clostridium
May 6th, 2008
According to recent research published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, "We compared multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) and macrorestriction endonuclease analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) to determine their utility to identify clusters of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) among 91 isolates of PCR ribotype 027 (NAP1, for North American pulsed-field type 1) from nine hospitals (and 10 general practitioners associated with one institution) in U.K.. We also examined whether mortality in CDI. cases was associated with specific MLVA subtypes." "PFGE discriminated between ribotype 027 strains at >98% similarity,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-06)
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