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Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile strains from nosocomial-acquired infections.
Folia microbiologica - 1 Mar 2014
Corbellini Silvia, Piccinelli Giorgio, De Francesco Maria Antonia, Ravizzola Giuseppe, Bonfanti Carlo
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The purpose of this study is to analyze isolates of Clostridium difficile from patients with nosocomial acquired infection in respect to their molecular type and antimicrobial susceptibility. Fifty-nine randomly selected clinical isolates were characterized. Molecular typing was performed by rep-PCR (DiversiLab). Isolates were tested by disk diffusion towards 11 different antibiotics. All isolates were...
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