Emergence of an Outbreak-Associated Clostridium difficile Variant with Increased Virulence

The prevalence of Clostridium difficile infections has increased due to the emergence of epidemic variants from diverse genetic lineages. Here we describe the emergence of a novel variant during an outbreak in a Costa Rican hospital that was associated with severe clinical presentations. This C. dif...

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Autores principales: Quesada-Gómez, Carlos, López-Ureña, Diana, Acuña-Amador, Luis, Villalobos-Zúñiga, Manuel, Du, Tim, Freire, Rosemayre, Guzmán-Verri, Caterina, Gamboa-Coronado, María del Mar, Lawley, Trevor D., Moreno, Edgardo, Mulvey, Michael R., Brito, Gerly Anne de Castro, Rodríguez-Cavallini, Evelyn, Rodríguez, César, Chaves-Olarte, Esteban
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
Materias:
Bacteriology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25653402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03058-14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4365207/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25653402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03058-14

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