Characterization of Toxin A-Negative, Toxin B-Positive <i>Clostridium difficile</i> Isolates from Outbreaks in Different Countries by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism and PCR Ribotyping

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Clinical Clostridium difficile isolates of patients with diarrhea or pseudomembranous colitis usually produce both toxin A and toxin B, but an increasing number of reports mention infections due to toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive (A(-)/B(+)) strains. Thirty-nine clinical toxin A(-)/B(+) isolates, and 12 other unrelated isolates were obtained from Canada, the United States, Poland, the United Kingdom, France,...

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