Clostridium difficile Methods and Protocols
Clostridium difficile, a major nosocomial pathogen shown to be a primary cause of antibiotic-associated disease, has emerged as a highly transmissible and frequently antibiotic-resistant organism, causing a considerable burden on health care systems worldwide. In Clostridium difficile: Methods and P...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Totowa, NJ
Humana
2010, 2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2010 |
| Series: | Methods in Molecular Biology
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- to Clostridium difficile and the Disease It Causes
- Clostridium difficile: No Longer an Enigmatic Pathogen?
- Clostridium difficile and the Disease It Causes
- Isolation and Culture Techniques
- Clostridium difficile Isolation and Culture Techniques
- Methods for Typing and Epidemiological Studies
- Molecular Typing Methods for Clostridium difficile: Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and PCR Ribotyping
- Clostridium difficile Toxinotyping
- Multilocus Sequence Typing for Clostridium difficile
- Biochemistry of the Organism
- Molecular Methods to Study Transcriptional Regulation of Clostridium difficile Toxin Genes
- Dissecting the Cell Surface
- Human Intestinal Epithelial Response(s) to Clostridium difficile
- Genomics
- Comparative Genome Analysis of Clostridium difficile Using DNA Microarrays
- Development of Systems for Genetic Analysis of the Organism
- ClosTron-Targeted Mutagenesis
- Methods for Gene Cloning and Targeted Mutagenesis
- Transposon Mutagenesis in Clostridium difficile
- Animal Models of Disease
- Refinement of the Hamster Model of Clostridium difficile Disease
- Methods for Working with the Mouse Model