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Rapid detection of the Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 tcdC gene frame shift mutation at position 117 by real-time PCR and melt curve analysis

The emergence of the hypervirulent strain Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 has increased the necessity for rapid C. difficile typing tests for clinical and epidemiological purposes. We developed a rapid real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for the detection of C. difficile. As the ta...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2009-08, Vol.28 (8), p.959-962
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Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen
Bacterial Proteins - genetics
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile - genetics
Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA Primers - genetics
DNA, Bacterial - chemistry
DNA, Bacterial - genetics
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - diagnosis
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - microbiology
Frameshift Mutation
Human bacterial diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Internal Medicine
Medical Microbiology
Medical sciences
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Repressor Proteins - genetics
Ribotyping
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Toxins
Transition Temperature
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