Open AccessNew variants of the tet(M) gene in Clostridium difficile clinical isolates harbouring Tn916-like elements
Author(s) -
Patrizia Spigaglia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkl105
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , clostridium difficile , biology , tetracycline , etest , ribotyping , polymerase chain reaction , enterococcus faecalis , gene , antibiotics , genetics , escherichia coli
To detect Tn916-like elements in Clostridium difficile clinical isolates from different time periods and to analyse the genetic structure of these elements, in particular the tet(M) region.
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