2015-10-07Zeitschriftenartikel
Tracing the Spread of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Germany Based on Bacterial Genome Sequences
Steglich, Matthias; Nitsche, Andreas; Müller, Lutz von; Herrmann, Mathias; Kohl, Thomas A.; Niemann, Stefan; Nübel, Ulrich
We applied whole-genome sequencing to reconstruct the spatial and temporal dynamics underpinning the expansion of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in Germany. Based on re-sequencing of genomes from 57 clinical C. difficile ...