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Molecular typing of Clostridium difficile isolates cultured from patient stool samples and gastroenterological medical devices in a single Iranian hospital.
Anaerobe - 1 Oct 2017
Azimirad Masoumeh, Krutova Marcela, Nyc Otakar, Hasani Zahra, Afrisham Leili, Alebouyeh Masoud, Zali Mohammad Reza
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This study aimed to characterize Clostridium difficile isolates cultured from stool samples of patients with C. difficile infection (CDI) and swabs from a medical environment in a gastroenterology center in Tehran, Iran. A total of 158 samples (105 stool samples from hospitalized patients and 53 swabs from medical devices and the environment) were collected from January 2011 to August 2011 and investigated for...
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