Ribotyping of Clostridium difficile strains associated with nosocomial transmission and relapses in a Swedish County

Clostridium difficile is an emerging threat in hospital environments. To analyse possible transmission and to distinguish between relapse and reinfection a collection of C. difficile isolates, sampled from 162 consecutive episodes of C. difficile infection, were PCR ribotyped. Two ribotypes (001 and...

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Autores principales: Magnusson, Cecilia, Wullt, Marlene, Löfgren, Sture, Iveroth, Peter, Åkerlund, Tomas, Matussek, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23030627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02950.x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3597974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23030627
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02950.x

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