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SUBMITTER: Calderaro A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8004610 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Calderaro Adriana A Buttrini Mirko M Martinelli Monica M Farina Benedetta B Moro Tiziano T Montecchini Sara S Arcangeletti Maria Cristina MC Chezzi Carlo C De Conto Flora F
Microorganisms 20210323 3
Typing methods are needed for epidemiological tracking of new emerging and hypervirulent strains because of the growing incidence, severity and mortality of <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infections (CDI). The aim of this study was the evaluation of a typing Matrix-Assisted Desorption/Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS (T-MALDI)) method for the rapid classification of the circulating <i>C. difficile</i> strains in comparison with polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-ribotyping ...[more]