… PCR-ribotype 176 in our study emphasises the importance of implementing continuous
surveillance programmes for CDI at national and European level, including PCR ribotyping. …

… Our study found no evidence to support previous assertions that ribotype 027 is more virulent
than other PCR ribotypes. This finding raises questions about the contribution of this strain …

… by toxinotyping and PCR ribotyping. Detection of toxin A, … of the same serogroup and PCR
ribotype as the strain isolated … difficile (serogroup H, PCR ribotype sa026) accounted for 35 (…

… PCR ribotyping [8]. The preferred method in North America is pulsed-field gel electrophoresis,
whereas PCR ribotyping … divided according to the most important PCR ribotype (RT): 027, …

… in an area where PCR ribotype 027 has been absent. The incidence, clinical features and
… different from other studies performed in regions where PCR ribotype 027 has been found. …

… repetitive extragenic palindromic PCR was used to subtype a … PCR ribotype 027 strains
appear to be widely distributed, to … The clinical features of infection are mediated by cellular …

… Also, we found no significant correlation between CDI treatments and PCR ribotypes.
Since only limited data on clinical features of patients, such as the presence of comorbidities, …

… of the so-called hypervirulent PCR ribotypes (RTs) 027 and 078… difficile strains was analyzed
using PCR ribotyping (16) and by … patterns produced by PCR ribotyping were analyzed with …

… Both ribotype 027 (R027) and ribotype 078 (R078) have … toxin production compared with
other ribotypes. They have both … the clinical characteristics or toxin production of other ribotypes. …

… period and investigated the clinical features of those patients. … PCR ribotyping of the isolates
demonstrated that among the … PCR ribotype(s) in our hospital and to examine the clinical …