Proteotyping of Clostridioides difficile as Alternate Typing Method to Ribotyping Is Able to Distinguish the Ribotypes RT027 and RT176 From Other Ribotypes

Clostridioides difficile, a Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium, is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea worldwide and therefore a substantial burden to the healthcare system. During the past decade, hypervirulent PCR-ribotypes (RT) e.g., RT027 or RT176 emerged rapidly all over the world, asso...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Matthias F. Emele, Felix M. Joppe, Thomas Riedel, Jörg Overmann, Maja Rupnik, Paul Cooper, R. Lia Kusumawati, Fabian K. Berger, Friederike Laukien, Ortrud Zimmermann, Wolfgang Bohne, Uwe Groß, Oliver Bader, Andreas E. Zautner
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-09-01
Subjects:	MALDI-TOF MS Clostridioides difficile Clostridium difficile below species differentiation proteotyping
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02087/full