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Comparative analysis of Clostridium difficile clinical isolates belonging to different genetic lineages and time periods.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Nov 2004
Spigaglia Patrizia, Mastrantonio Paola
Abstract excerpt
Recent studies have shown that Clostridium difficile strains with variant toxins and those with resistance to macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) are increasingly causing severe disease and outbreaks in hospital settings. Here, the pathogenicity locus (PaLoc), the acquisition of binary toxin, and the genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of antibiotic resistance of 74 C. difficile clinical strains...
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