A search for Clostridium difficile ribotypes 027 and 078 in Brazil

Toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile may be disseminating. Here we prospectively screened patients with nosocomial diarrhoea in two hospitals in Brazil. To identify C. difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotypes 027/078 strains, we used high resolution melting and multiplex polymerase chain...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: de Almeida Monteiro, Alexandre, Pires, Renata Neto, Persson, Søren, Filho, Edison Moraes Rodrigues, Pasqualotto, Alessandro Comarú
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2014
Materias:
Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9425211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25307680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjid.2014.08.004
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Sumario:Toxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile may be disseminating. Here we prospectively screened patients with nosocomial diarrhoea in two hospitals in Brazil. To identify C. difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotypes 027/078 strains, we used high resolution melting and multiplex polymerase chain reaction. Among 116 screened patients, 11 were positive for C. difficile. The polymerase chain reaction ribotypes 027/078 strains were not identified in this study.

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