Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 078: an emerging strain in humans and in pigs?

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Mar;46(3):1157; author reply 1158. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01536-07.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous* / epidemiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous* / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Netherlands / epidemiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Population Surveillance
  • Ribotyping*
  • Swine
  • Swine Diseases* / epidemiology
  • Swine Diseases* / microbiology