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A Protein Microarray Assay for Serological Determination of Antigen-specific Antibody Responses Following Clostridium difficile Infection
Published on: June 15, 2018
Ribotyping in the detection of Clostridium difficile outbreaks in a single university hospital
T A Patel1, R Smith, S Hopkins
1Department of Microbiology, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. truptipatel1@nhs.net
Abstract:
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most important bacterial cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea. Although reports of deaths associated with CDI have been decreasing since a peak in 2007 in England and Northern Ireland, it remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. The Health Protection Agency's Clostridium difficile Ribotyping Network (CDRN) aims to provide information to help optimize the management of cases of CDI. This study assesses the value of ribotyping to detect outbreaks of potential strains causing severe disease.
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