Reconsidering the Sporulation Characteristics of Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile BI/NAP1/027

Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea and a major burden to healthcare services worldwide. In recent years, C. difficile strains belonging to the BI/NAP1/027 type have become highly represented among clinical isolates. These so-called ‘hypervirulent’ strains...

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Main Authors: Burns, David A., Heeg, Daniela, Cartman, Stephen T., Minton, Nigel P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3174218/