Clostridium difficile: Investigating Transmission Patterns Between Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients Using Whole Genome Sequencing

BACKGROUND: Patients with symptomatic Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are thought to be responsible for most transmission events, but whole genome sequencing (WGS) studies have raised interest in asymptomatic carriers’ role in transmission. METHODS: Patients with CDI and colonization were iden...

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Autores principales: Kong, Ling Yuan, Eyre, David, Corbeil, Jacques, Raymond, Frederic, Walker, A Sarah, Wilcox, Mark, Bourgault, Anne-Marie, Dascal, Andre, Michaud, Sophie, Toye, Baldwin, Loo, Vivian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630814/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.000

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630814/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx162.000

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