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Emergence of Clostridium difficile tcdC variant 078 in Marseille, France.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Oct 2017
Cassir N, Fahsi N, Durand G, Lagier J-C, Raoult D, Fournier P-E
Abstract excerpt
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the epidemiology of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile ribotypes from January 2013 to February 2017 in the Marseille area of southern France. By using the Xpert Clostridium difficile Epi polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and sequencing the tcdC gene, we characterised C. difficile isolates from symptomatic patients diagnosed with C. difficile infection (CDI)...
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