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Comparative genomic analysis of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 strains including the newly sequenced strain NCKUH-21 isolated from a patient in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive anaerobe and the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea worldwide. The emergence of ribotype 027 (RT027) strains is associated with increased incidence of infection and mortality. To further understand the relationship between C. difficil...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Haruo, Tomita, Masaru, Tsai, Pei-Jane, Ko, Wen-Chien, Hung, Yuan-Pin, Huang, I-Hsiu, Chen, Jenn-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5708112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13099-017-0219-4