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Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibilities of extra-intestinal Clostridium difficile isolates.
Anaerobe - 1 Jan 2000
Zheng Limin, Citron Diane M, Genheimer Christopher W, Sigmon Stephanie F, Carman Robert J, Lyerly David M, Goldstein Ellie J C
Abstract excerpt
Amongst 25 extra-intestinal clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile, A(+)B(+) (72%) and A(-)B(+) (4%) toxigenic phenotypes, as well as the non-toxigenic phenotype (A(-)B(-)) (24%), were identified. The A(-)B(-) isolates did not express toxin, yet carried part of the tcdA and tcdB gene and are of a previously unreported toxinotype. Six A(+)B(+) isolates also carried binary toxin genes. Resistance to...
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