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Variants at the MHC Region Associate With Susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile Infection: A Genome-Wide Association Study Using Comprehensive Electronic Health Records.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2021
Li Jiang, Zhang Yanfei, Jilg Alexandria L, Wolk Donna M, Khara Harshit S, Kolinovsky Amy, Rolston David D K, Hontecillas Raquel, Bassaganya-Riera Josep, Williams Marc S, Abedi Vida, Lee Ming Ta Michael
Abstract excerpt
Background: Clostridioides difficile is a major cause of healthcare-associated and community-acquired diarrhea. Host genetic susceptibility to Clostridioides difficile infection has not been studied on a large-scale. Methods: A total of 1,160 Clostridioides difficile infection cases and 15,304 controls were identified by applying the eMERGE Clostridioides difficile infection algorithm to electronic health record...
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