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Ribotypes Matter, Significance of Clostridium difficile Ribotypes in Cancer Patients with Diarrhea
BACKGROUND: Cancer patients are at increased risk for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) due to frequent health care contact, chemotherapy, use of antibiotics, and immunosuppression. Distinct ribotypes are associated with CDI adverse outcomes. Ribotypes 14-020 are the predominant ribotypes in man...
Autores principales: | Guevara, Eduardo Yepez, Yalamanchili, Harika, Chao, Andrew, Garey, Kevin, Bhatti, Micah, Aitken, Samuel L, Okhuysen, Pablo C |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631211/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.961 |
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