Use of Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis Genotyping to Determine the Role of Asymptomatic Carriers in Clostridium difficile Transmission | Zendy

Scott Curry | Zendy; Carlene A. Muto | Zendy; Jessica L. Schlackman | Zendy; A. William Pasculle | Zendy; Kathleen A. Shutt | Zendy; Jane W. Marsh | Zendy; Lee H. Harrison | Zendy

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Use of Multilocus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Analysis Genotyping to Determine the Role of Asymptomatic Carriers in Clostridium difficile Transmission

Author(s) -

Scott Curry,

Carlene A. Muto,

Jessica L. Schlackman,

A. William Pasculle,

Kathleen A. Shutt,

Jane W. Marsh,

Lee H. Harrison

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cit475

Subject(s) - multiple loci vntr analysis , clostridium difficile , carriage , asymptomatic carrier , variable number tandem repeat , genotyping , medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , tandem repeat , multilocus sequence typing , asymptomatic , microbiology and biotechnology , subtyping , virology , genotype , biology , genetics , pathology , antibiotics , electrical engineering , genome , gene , computer science , programming language , engineering

Previous studies have suggested that asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic Clostridium difficile are a source of hospital-associated (HA) infections. Multilocus variable number of tandem repeats analysis (MLVA) is a highly discriminatory molecular subtyping tool that helps to determine possible transmission sources.

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