Fourteen-Genome Comparison Identifies DNA Markers for Severe-Disease-Associated Strains of Clostridium difficile

A critical assessment of cross-species detection of gene duplicates using comparative genomic hybridization

(2010) Heather E Machado et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Using comparative genomic hybridization to survey genomic sequence divergence across species: a proof-of-concept from Drosophila

(2010) Suzy C.P. Renn et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular characterization of moxifloxacin resistance from Canadian Clostridium difficile clinical isolates

(2010) Andrew Walkty et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Human Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile Strains Exhibit Increased Sporulation as Well as Robust Toxin Production

(2010) M. Merrigan et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multiple-Genome Comparison Reveals New Loci for Mycobacterium Species Identification

(2010) J. Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Development of a Multilocus Sequence Tool for Typing Cryptosporidium muris and Cryptosporidium andersoni

(2010) Y. Feng et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genome-Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing Method for Identification of Bacillus anthracis Species and Strains among B. cereus Group Species

(2010) M. Kuroda et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of Ultra Low Genome Conservation in Clostridium difficile

(2010) Joy Scaria et al.   PLoS One

Evolutionary dynamics of Clostridium difficile over short and long time scales

(2010) M. He et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Truncation in the tcdC region of the Clostridium difficilePathLoc of clinical isolates does not predict increased biological activity of Toxin B or Toxin A

(2009) Ruth Murray et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Rapid detection of the Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 tcdC gene frame shift mutation at position 117 by real-time PCR and melt curve analysis

(2009) D. Wolff et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A Comprehensive Survey of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) across Mycobacterium bovis Strains and M. bovis BCG Vaccine Strains Refines the Genealogy and Defines a Minimal Set of SNPs That Separate Virulent M. bovis Strains and M. bovis BCG Strains

(2009) M. C. Garcia Pelayo et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Microarray Identification of Clostridium difficile Core Components and Divergent Regions Associated with Host Origin

(2009) T. Janvilisri et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Comparison of Nine Commercially Available Clostridium difficile Toxin Detection Assays, a Real-Time PCR Assay for C. difficile tcdB, and a Glutamate Dehydrogenase Detection Assay to Cytotoxin Testing and Cytotoxigenic Culture Methods

(2009) K. Eastwood et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid Detection of Toxigenic Strains of Clostridium difficile in Diarrheal Stools by Real-Time PCR

(2009) F. Barbut et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Emergence of Clostridium difficile NAP1 in Latin America

(2009) C. Quesada-Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of gyrA and gyrB mutations in Clostridium difficile isolates by real-time PCR

(2009) Patrizia Spigaglia et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR PROBES

Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacterium

(2009) Richard A Stabler et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Position dependent mismatch discrimination on DNA microarrays – experiments and model

(2008) Thomas Naiser et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Strong position-dependent effects of sequence mismatches on signal ratios measured using long oligonucleotide microarrays

(2008) Catriona Rennie et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Emergence ofClostridium difficileInfection Due to a New Hypervirulent Strain, Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotype 078

(2008) Abraham Goorhuis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Comparison of Real-Time PCR for Detection of the tcdC Gene with Four Toxin Immunoassays and Culture in Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile Infection

(2008) L. M. Sloan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Isolation of Clostridium difficile from food animals in Slovenia

(2008) T. Pirs et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile infection by toxin detection kits: a systematic review

(2008) Tim Planche et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES