A novel toxinotyping scheme and correlation of toxinotypes with serogroups of Clostridium difficile isolates.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on August 01, 1998

Authors

M Rupnik1, V Avesani, M Janc, C von Eichel-Streiber, M Delmée

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1: Microbiology Unit, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.

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