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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2013

Clostridium difficile ribotype diversity at six health care institutions in the United States.

Sheila Waslawski, Eugene S Lo, Sarah A Ewing, Vincent B Young, David M Aronoff, Susan E Sharp, Susan M Novak-Weekley, Arthur E Crist, W Michael Dunne, Joan Hoppe-Bauer and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed.

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  14. Control ofMicrobiology spectrum · 2017
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  16. Older Is Not Wiser, Immunologically Speaking: Effect of Aging on Host Response to Clostridium difficile Infections.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2016
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  19. An Update on Clostridium difficile Toxinotyping.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Sheila WaslawskiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Hospital and Health Systems, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Eugene S Lo
Sarah A Ewing
Vincent B Young
David M Aronoff
Susan E Sharp
Susan M Novak-Weekley
Arthur E Crist
W Michael Dunne
Joan Hoppe-Bauer
Michelle Johnson
Stephen M Brecher
Duane W Newton
Seth T Walk

Funding

The Interplay Between Host Immunity and Clostridium difficile PathogenesisU19AI090871 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI YOUNG, VINCENT B · 2010 to 2014
$7.5M
THE FUNCTIONS OF EOSINOPHILSR01AI009728 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI GLEICH, GERALD J · 1985 to 2006
$2.4M
Phylogenomic epidemiology of Clostridium difficileK01AI097281 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI WALK, SETH T · 2012 to 2016
$509k
THE FUNCTIONS OF EOSINOPHILSR37AI009728 · NIAID · MAYO CLINIC COLL OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER · PI GLEICH, GERALD J · 1987 to 1996
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NIAID NIH HHS 1K01AI09728101A1NIAID NIH HHS 1U19AI090871-01NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI097281NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI090871
6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Genetic VariationRibotypingClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsHealth FacilitiesHumansMolecular EpidemiologyPrevalenceUnited States

Identifiers

PMID23554188
PMCPMC3716112

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