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Clostridium difficile genotypes other than ribotype 078 that are prevalent among human, animal and environmental isolates.
BMC microbiology - 27 Mar 2012
Janezic Sandra, Ocepek Matjaz, Zidaric Valerija, Rupnik Maja
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BACKGROUND: Characterising the overlap of C. difficile genotypes in different reservoirs can improve our understanding of possible transmission routes of this pathogen. Most of the studies have focused on a comparison of the PCR ribotype 078 isolated from humans and animals. Here we describe for the first time a comparison of C. difficile genotypes isolated during longer time intervals from different sources...
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