Development and Validation of an Internationally-Standardized, High-Resolution Capillary Gel-Based Electrophoresis PCR-Ribotyping Protocol for Clostridium difficile

• Warren N. Fawley,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom

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• C. W. Knetsch,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

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• Duncan R. MacCannell,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, United States of America

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• Celine Harmanus,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

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• Tim Du,

  Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Winnipeg, Canada

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• Michael R. Mulvey,

  Affiliation Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Winnipeg, Canada

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• Ashley Paulick,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, United States of America

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• Lydia Anderson,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, United States of America

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• E. J. Kuijper,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, Netherlands

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• Mark H. Wilcox

  * E-mail: mark.wilcox@leedsth.nhs.uk

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

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