title: Clostridium difficile ribotype diversity at six health care institutions in the United States.
abstract: Capillary-based PCR ribotyping was used to quantify the presence/absence and relative abundance of 98 Clostridium difficile ribotypes from clinical cases of disease at health care institutions in six states of the United States. Regionally important ribotypes were identified, and institutions in close proximity did not necessarily share more ribotype diversity than institutions that were farther apart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waslawski
authors.forename: Eugene S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Sarah A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: Vincent B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Aronoff
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Sharp
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Novak-Weekley
authors.forename: Arthur E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Crist
authors.forename: W Michael
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hoppe-Bauer
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Brecher
authors.forename: Duane W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Newton
authors.forename: Seth T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Walk
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006268:Health Facilities; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D021521:Ribotyping; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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