Characterisation and Carriage Ratio of Clostridium difficile Strains Isolated from a Community-Dwelling Elderly Population in the United Kingdom

BACKGROUND: Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) appears to be an increasing problem. Reported carriage rates by C.difficile are debatable with suggestions that primary asymptomatic carriage is associated with decreased risk of subsequent diarrhoea. However, knowledge of potent...

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Autores principales: Miyajima, Fabio, Roberts, Paul, Swale, Andrew, Price, Valerie, Jones, Maureen, Horan, Michael, Beeching, Nicholas, Brazier, Jonathan, Parry, Christopher, Pendleton, Neil, Pirmohamed, Munir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022804

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3160286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21886769
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022804

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