| distribution of clostridium difficile pcr ribotypes in regions of hungary. | the objective of this survey was to determine the distribution of clostridium difficile pcr ribotypes present across three hungarian geographical regions. a total of 105 isolates of c. difficile from diarrhoeal faeces of both inpatients and outpatients were examined. the toxigenic status of the strains was determined by pcr for the tcda, tcdb, cdta and cdtb genes in szeged (hungary), while strains were subjected to pcr ribotyping in cardiff (uk). a total of 31 ribotypes were detected among the 1 ... | 2006 | 16476791 |