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Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR-Ribotypes Exhibit Resistance to Widely Used Disinfectants

The increased prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has coincided with enhanced transmissibility and severity of disease, which is often linked to two distinct clonal lineages designated PCR-ribotype 027 and 017 responsible for CDI outbreaks in the USA, Europe and Asia. We assessed spo...

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Autores principales: Dawson, Lisa F., Valiente, Esmeralda, Donahue, Elizabeth H., Birchenough, George, Wren, Brendan W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3201945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22039420
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0025754