Comparative Genome Analysis and Global Phylogeny of the Toxin Variant Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 017 Reveals the Evolution of Two Independent Sublineages

Cairns, M.D.; Preston, M.D.; Hall, C.L.; Gerding, D.N.; Hawkey, P.M.; Kato, H.; ... ; Wren, B.W. (2017)

Article / Letter to editor

• Clostridium difficile
• sequencing
• SNPs
• ribotype 017
• evolution
• phylogenetics
• antibiotic resistance
• phylogeny

• All authors: Cairns, M.D.; Preston, M.D.; Hall, C.L.; Gerding, D.N.; Hawkey, P.M.; Kato, H.; Kim, H.; Kuijper, E.J.; Lawley, T.D.; Pituch, H.; Reid, S.; Kullin, B.; Riley, T.V.; Solomon, K.; Tsai, P.J.; Weese, J.S.; Stabler, R.A.; Wren, B.W.
• Date: 2017-03-31
• Journal: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Volume: 55
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 865 - 876
• DOI: doi:10.1128/JCM.01296-16