… diarrhoea and PCR-ribotype 027/NAP1/B1 is the most notorious “hypervirulent” ribotype. Its
route … CE-ribotyping is currently the recommended standard for characterization of C. difficile …

… was caused by PCR ribotypes 017 and 018. … the clinical characteristics and risk factors
specifically associated with relapse or re-infection. To achieve this, we performed PCR-ribotyping …

… In this study, we compared phenotypic and molecular features of Italian clinical isolates
belonging to RT 018, RT 078 and RT 126. Competitive assays were also performed to further …

… Clinical Center revealed the existence of 41 distinct and reproducible PCR ribotypes.
These data suggest that PCR ribotyping provides a discriminatory, reproducible, and simple …

… In contrast, restriction analysis of a single 5.5-kb amplification product from rrn (Tong PCR
ribotyping’) has shown that internal HaeIII sites were highly polymorphic within the operon [39]…

… called “hypervirulent” strains such as PCRribotype (RT) 027. … RT 027 but rather a ribotype
new to Australia designated RT … to RT 244 and the ribotyping patterns were indistinguishable. …

… Therefore, not only the clinical features and the antibiotic … PCR ribotyping was performed
as a supplement for CD027 … classic agarose gel-based PCR ribotyping. Details referred to the …

… 39 bp (mainly PCR ribotype 066 or 078) or 54 bp (only PCR ribotype 023) nucleotide deletions
in … 117 and a 18 bp nucleotide deletion in tcdC was determined to be PCR ribotype 027. …

… This study investigates the prevalence, genotypic features (PCR ribotypes, genes for toxins
… difficile isolates were investigated by PCR ribotyping, which identified five different ribotypes …

… difficile culture (anaerobic culture+toxin A/B/binary gene PCR) and PCR ribotyping were
performed in one central laboratory. We enrolled 98 toxigenic culture-confirmed CDI-infected …