Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations

Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations

Clostridium difficile has emerged rapidly as the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease, with the temporal and geographical appearance of dominant PCR ribotypes such as 017, 027 and 078. Despite this continued threat, we have a poor understanding of how or why particular variants...

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Main Authors: Stabler, Richard A., Dawson, Lisa F., Valiente, Esmeralda, Cairns, Michelle D., Martin, Melissa J., Donahue, Elizabeth H., Riley, Thomas V., Songer, J. Glenn, Kuijper, Ed J., Dingle, Kate E., Wren, Brendan W.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292544/

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