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[Epidemiological study of Clostridium difficile strains isolated in Jean-Verdier-René-Muret hospitals from 2001 to 2007].
Pathologie-biologie - 1 Jan 2000
Poilane I, Fantinato C, Cruaud P, Collignon A
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile is the most common agent of nosocomial bacterial diarrhoea in adults. In 2006, C. difficile outbreaks were described in France with the highly virulent strain PCR-ribotype 027, which is also resistant to moxifloxacin and erythromycin. The aim of this study is to perform a phenotypic and molecular characterization of C. difficile strains isolated in Jean-Verdier-René-Muret hospitals. Thirty...
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