TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and evaluation of a novel, semiautomated clostridium difficile typing platform
AU - Westblade, Lars F.
AU - Chamberland, Robin R.
AU - MacCannell, Duncan
AU - Collins, Rachel
AU - Dubberke, Erik R.
AU - Dunne, W. Michael
AU - Burnham, Carey Ann D.
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - We describe a novel, semiautomated Clostridium difficile typing platform that is based on PCR-ribotyping in conjunction with a semiautomated molecular typing system. The platform is reproducible with minimal intra- or interassay variability. This method exhibited a discriminatory index of 0.954 and is therefore comparable to more arduous typing systems, such as pulsedfield gel electrophoresis.
AB - We describe a novel, semiautomated Clostridium difficile typing platform that is based on PCR-ribotyping in conjunction with a semiautomated molecular typing system. The platform is reproducible with minimal intra- or interassay variability. This method exhibited a discriminatory index of 0.954 and is therefore comparable to more arduous typing systems, such as pulsedfield gel electrophoresis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873042127&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1128/JCM.02627-12
DO - 10.1128/JCM.02627-12
M3 - Article
C2 - 23175261
AN - SCOPUS:84873042127
VL - 51
SP - 621
EP - 624
JO - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
JF - Journal of Clinical Microbiology
SN - 0095-1137
IS - 2
ER -