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An update on Clostridioides difficile population structure and genomics.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 11 Jun 2026
Beebe Merilyn A, Sorg Joseph A
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SUMMARYSince its first isolation in 1935, several thousand Clostridioides difficile isolates have been collected and analyzed. These isolates belong to a diverse phylogeny consisting of five main clades and at least three cryptic clades. While clade 1 represents the largest and most diverse of the clades, clades 2 and 5 are the best studied, consisting of several strains attributed to the most severe clinical...
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