Preliminary findings of the international typing study on Clostridium difficile. International Clostridium Difficile Study Group.

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Preliminary results of the International Typing Study on Clostridium difficile indicate that there is excellent correlation between the phenotypic methods reliant on cell surface antigens for typing strains and that a larger number of phenotypes and genotypes of C. difficile exists than was previously appreciated by each group of investigators acting independently. Evidence has also emerged that some of the types...

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