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Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Clostridium difficile strains isolated from hospitals in south-east Scotland.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jul 2007
Mutlu Esvet, Wroe Allison J, Sanchez-Hurtado Karla, Brazier Jon S, Poxton Ian R
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile isolates (n=149) collected in south-east Scotland between August and October 2005 were typed by four different methods and their susceptibility to seven different antibiotics was determined. The aims were to define the types of strain occurring in this region and to determine whether there were any clonal relationships among them with respect to genotype and antibiotic resistance pattern....
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