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Toxin genotypes, antibiotic resistance and their correlations in Clostridioides difficile isolated from hospitals in Xi'an, China.
BMC microbiology - 23 May 2024
Zhang Sukai, Ma Chen, Zhang Haiyue, Zhao Congcong, Guo Ruibing, Liu Jiahao, Wang Jing, Yuan Jing, Jia Kai, Wu Airong, Chen Yanjiong, Lei Jin'e
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BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile is the main pathogen of antimicrobial-associated diarrhoea and health care facility-associated infectious diarrhoea. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, toxin genotypes, and antibiotic resistance of C. difficile among hospitalized patients in Xi'an, China. RESULTS: We isolated and cultured 156 strains of C. difficile, representing 12.67% of the 1231 inpatient stool...
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