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Clostridium difficile Molecular Epidemiology in a Prospective Cohort of Canadian Children Compared with Cases of C. difficile Infection

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is a notorious nosocomial pathogen, but little is known regarding the colonization commonly observed in children. It is suspected that C. difficile carriage in infants is a reservoir for toxigenic strains. To test this hypothesis, we sought to determine the genetic...

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Autores principales: Lloyd, Colin, Parsons, Brendon, Du, Tim, Golding, George R, Lee, Bonita, Chui, Linda, Freedman, Stephen
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/PMC5631520/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1814