Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of 104 Clostridium difficile strains isolated from China

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SUMMARY The phylogenetic and epidemic relationships of 104 clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile from three hospitals of different geographical and population sources in China were investigated by multilocus sequence typing. Twenty-two sequence types (STs) were identified, four of which, ST117, ST118, ST119 and ST129, were novel. No geographically specific and host population-specific phylogenetic lineages were found and there was no correlation between geographical origin or host population and strain genotype. ST37 was the dominant type in our survey but the four novel STs underline the high genetic diversity and unique polymorphisms in C. difficile from China. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012.

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Yan, Q., Zhang, J., Chen, C., Zhou, H., Du, P., Cui, Z., … Cheng, Y. (2013). Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) analysis of 104 Clostridium difficile strains isolated from China. Epidemiology and Infection, 141(1), 195–199. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268812000453

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