Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in a large teaching hospital in Singapore

AIMS: We undertook this study to define the incidence of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in our hospital and to characterise the isolates. METHODS: All unformed stool was tested for the presence of Toxin A (TcdA) and Toxin B (TcdB), and cultured for C. difficile. Culture filtrates were also tested f...

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Autores principales: Hsien Koh, Tse, Ling Tan, Ai, Lee Tan, Mee, Wang, Grace, Peng Song, Keang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7130798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17676487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020701444507

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7130798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17676487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020701444507

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