Predominance of Clostridium difficile Ribotypes 017 and 078 among Toxigenic Clinical Isolates in Southern Taiwan

Ribotypes and toxin genotypes of clinical C. difficile isolates in Taiwan are rarely reported. A prospective surveillance study from January 2011 to January 2013 was conducted at the medical wards of a district hospital in southern Taiwan. Of the first toxigenic isolates from 120 patients, 68 (56.7%...

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Main Authors: Hung, Yuan-Pin, Huang, I-Hsiu, Lin, Hsiao-Ju, Tsai, Bo-Yang, Liu, Hsiao-Chieh, Liu, Hsiu-Chuan, Lee, Jen-Chieh, Wu, Yi-Hui, Tsai, Pei-Jane, Ko, Wen-Chien
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5115699/