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Regional and temporal genotype profiling of Clostridioides difficile in a multi-institutional study in Japan.
Scientific reports - 16 Sept 2024
Sagisaka Yusaku, Ishibashi Miyako, Hosokawa Daisuke, Nakagawa Hikaru, Yonogi Shinya, Minami Kenta, Suzuki Youichi, Ogawa Taku, Ukimura Akira, Nakano Takashi, Komano Jun
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Clostridioides difficile, a cause of healthcare-associated infections, poses a significant global health threat. This multi-institutional retrospective study focuses on epidemic dynamics, emphasizing minor and toxin-negative clinical isolates through high-resolution genotyping. The genotype of the C. difficile clinical isolates during 2005 to 2022 was gathered from 14 hospitals across Japan (N = 982). The total...
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