Genomic Epidemiology of a Protracted Hospital Outbreak Caused by a Toxin A-Negative Clostridium difficile Sublineage PCR Ribotype 017 Strain in London, England

Clostridium difficile remains the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea worldwide, which is largely considered to be due to the production of two potent toxins: TcdA and TcdB. However, PCR ribotype (RT) 017, one of five clonal lineages of human virulent C. difficile, lacks TcdA expression but causes...

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Autores principales: Cairns, M. D., Preston, M. D., Lawley, T. D., Clark, T. G., Stabler, R. A., Wren, B. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4572532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26179308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00648-15

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4572532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26179308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00648-15

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