Abstract
PCR-ribotyping, a method based on heterogeneity of ribosomal intergenic spacer region, is the preferred method for genotyping of Clostridium difficile. Standardly used procedure for PCR-ribotyping is culturing of C. difficile from fecal samples and subsequent typing. In this chapter, we describe a modified PCR-ribotyping method for direct detection of PCR-ribotypes directly in total stool DNA extract, without prior need to isolate C. difficile.
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Janezic, S. (2016). Direct PCR-Ribotyping of Clostridium difficile . In: Roberts, A., Mullany, P. (eds) Clostridium difficile. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1476. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6361-4_2
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