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Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolated from the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital in China.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 1 Feb 2018
Wang Rui, Suo Lin, Chen Hui Xia, Song Lin Jian, Shen Yue Yun, Luo Yan Ping
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, spore-forming obligate anaerobe responsible for antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Its virulence is associated with the production of endotoxins A and B and endospores, which can cause symptoms, such as diarrhoea, toxic megacolon, and pseudomembranous colitis. Given the increasing elderly population and the well-recognized problem of over-prescribing of broad-spectrum...
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