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Molecular characterization, toxin detection and resistance testing of human clinical Clostridium difficile isolates from Lebanon.
International journal of medical microbiology : IJMM - 1 Apr 2018
Berger Fabian K, Rasheed Sari S, Araj George F, Mahfouz Rami, Rimmani Hussein H, Karaoui Walid R, Sharara Ala I, Dbaibo Ghassan, Becker Sören L, von Müller Lutz, Bischoff Markus, Matar Ghassan M, Gärtner Barbara
Abstract excerpt
Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is the main cause for nosocomial diarrhoea in industrialised nations. Epidemiologic data on the pathogen's occurrence in other world regions are still scarce. In this context we characterized with phenotypic and molecular genetic methods C. difficile isolates stemming from hospitalised patients with diarrhoea in Lebanon. From 129 stool samples of symptomatic patients at a...
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