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Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile isolates: a single-center study.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Dec 2014
Zhou Yanjiao, Burnham Carey-Ann D, Hink Tiffany, Chen Lei, Shaikh Nurmohammad, Wollam Aye, Sodergren Erica, Weinstock George M, Tarr Phillip I, Dubberke Erik R
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are a growing concern in North America, because of their increasing incidence and severity. Using integrated approaches, we correlated pathogen genotypes and host clinical characteristics for 46 C. difficile infections in a tertiary care medical center during a 6-month interval from January to June 2010. Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) demonstrated 21 known and 2 novel...
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