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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 1983-1986Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02359-10
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A modified multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MMLVA) method was validated on Clostridium difficile-infected stool specimens from institutional outbreaks. The method allows simultaneous detection of toxin genes, deletions, and tandem repeats from cultured isolates or stool specimens. Results were used to aid institutional outbreak investigation by identifying clusters of NAP1/027.
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