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Comparative clinical outcomes evaluation of hospitalized patients infected with Clostridioides difficile ribotype 106 vs. other toxigenic strains.
Anaerobe - 1 Dec 2021
Almutairi Masaad Saeed, Gonzales-Luna Anne J, Alnezary Faris S, Fallatah Saad B, Alam M Jahangir, Begum Khurshida, Garey Kevin W
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BACKGROUND: Although Clostridioides difficile surveillance often identifies emerging strains, clinical outcome evaluations are rarely performed. Ribotype (RT) 106 is a commonly isolated C. difficile strain worldwide; however, studies investigating RT 106 clinical outcomes are limited. The purpose of this study was to investigate clinical outcomes of RT 106 infections compared with two other endemic strains of...
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