The continually evolving Clostridium difficile species.

doi:10.2217/fmb.12.73

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The continually evolving Clostridium difficile species.

Future microbiology - 1 Aug 2012

Cairns Michelle D, Stabler Richard A, Shetty Nandini, Wren Brendan W

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Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming Gram-positive bacterium that causes chronic diarrhea and sometimes life-threatening disease mainly in elderly and hospitalized patients. The reported incidence of C. difficile infection has changed dramatically over the last decade and has been related to the emergence of distinct clonal lineages that appear more transmissible and cause more severe infection. These include...

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Biological Evolution
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium Infections
Cluster Analysis
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Typing

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PMID: 22913354
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.73

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