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Antimicrobial susceptibilities and molecular epidemiology of clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile in taiwan.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Apr 2011
Lin Yi-Chun, Huang Yu-Tsung, Tsai Pei-Jane, Lee Tai-Fen, Lee Nan-Yao, Liao Chun-Hsing, Lin Shyr-Yi, Ko Wen-Chien, Hsueh Po-Ren
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The antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factors of Clostridium difficile clinical isolates in Taiwan have not previously been reported. One hundred and thirteen isolates were collected from two major teaching hospitals in Taiwan from 2001 to 2009. Molecular typing was performed by an automated repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR) method (DiversiLab; Bacterial Barcodes, Inc.,...
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