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Patients with cystic fibrosis have a high carriage rate of non-toxigenic Clostridium difficile.

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jul 2014

Bauer M P, Farid A, Bakker M, Hoek R A S, Kuijper E J, van Dissel J T

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Thirty-year-old observations report frequent asymptomatic Clostridium difficile carriage among cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. In this case-control study, we found more carriers among CF patients than controls (47% versus 11%), but most strains carried by CF patients were non-toxigenic (77% versus...

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PMID: 24286342
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12439

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