Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing

G. Killgore; A. Thompson; S. Johnson; J. Brazier; E. Kuijper; J. Pepin; E.H. Frost; P.H.M. Savelkoul; B. Nicholson; R.J. van den Berg; H. Kato; S.P. Sambol; W. Zukowski; C. Woods; B. Limbago; D.N. Gerding; L.C. McDonald

doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing

G. Killgore, A. Thompson, S. Johnson, J. Brazier, E. Kuijper, J. Pepin, E.H. Frost, P.H.M. Savelkoul, B. Nicholson, R.J. van den Berg, H. Kato, S.P. Sambol, W. Zukowski, C. Woods, B. Limbago, D.N. Gerding, L.C. McDonald

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

275 Citations (Scopus)

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	431-437
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07
Publication status	Published - 2008

Access to Document

https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

Cite this

Killgore, G., Thompson, A., Johnson, S., Brazier, J., Kuijper, E., Pepin, J., Frost, E. H., Savelkoul, P. H. M., Nicholson, B., van den Berg, R. J., Kato, H., Sambol, S. P., Zukowski, W., Woods, C., Limbago, B., Gerding, D. N., & McDonald, L. C. (2008). Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46(2), 431-437. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

Killgore, G. ; Thompson, A. ; Johnson, S. et al. / Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008 ; Vol. 46, No. 2. pp. 431-437.

@article{2bec3b37a1104f5a9ce46d32e05d8ba9,

title = "Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing",

author = "G. Killgore and A. Thompson and S. Johnson and J. Brazier and E. Kuijper and J. Pepin and E.H. Frost and P.H.M. Savelkoul and B. Nicholson and {van den Berg}, R.J. and H. Kato and S.P. Sambol and W. Zukowski and C. Woods and B. Limbago and D.N. Gerding and L.C. McDonald",

year = "2008",

doi = "https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07",

language = "Undefined/Unknown",

volume = "46",

pages = "431--437",

journal = "Journal of Clinical Microbiology",

issn = "0095-1137",

publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",

number = "2",

}

Killgore, G, Thompson, A, Johnson, S, Brazier, J, Kuijper, E, Pepin, J, Frost, EH, Savelkoul, PHM, Nicholson, B, van den Berg, RJ, Kato, H, Sambol, SP, Zukowski, W, Woods, C, Limbago, B, Gerding, DN & McDonald, LC 2008, 'Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 431-437. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. / Killgore, G.; Thompson, A.; Johnson, S. et al.
In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Vol. 46, No. 2, 2008, p. 431-437.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

TY - JOUR

T1 - Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing

AU - Killgore, G.

AU - Thompson, A.

AU - Johnson, S.

AU - Brazier, J.

AU - Kuijper, E.

AU - Pepin, J.

AU - Frost, E.H.

AU - Savelkoul, P.H.M.

AU - Nicholson, B.

AU - van den Berg, R.J.

AU - Kato, H.

AU - Sambol, S.P.

AU - Zukowski, W.

AU - Woods, C.

AU - Limbago, B.

AU - Gerding, D.N.

AU - McDonald, L.C.

PY - 2008

Y1 - 2008

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

DO - https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07

M3 - Article

C2 - 18039796

SN - 0095-1137

VL - 46

SP - 431

EP - 437

JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology

JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology

IS - 2

ER -

Killgore G, Thompson A, Johnson S, Brazier J, Kuijper E, Pepin J et al. Comparison of seven techniques for typing international epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile: restriction endonuclease analysis, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, PCR-ribotyping, multilocus sequence typing, multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis, amplified fragment length polymorphism, and surface layer protein A gene sequence typing. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2008;46(2):431-437. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01484-07