Abstract
A simple discriminative typing method for Clostridium difficile has been developed. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and restriction enzyme analysis are relatively simple techniques but are difficult to evaluate, especially the restriction enzyme analysis. Immunoblotting and restriction fragment length polymorphism typing facilitate simple discrimination of patterns.
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