Different molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridium difficile in the Asia-Pacific region

ABSTRACTMolecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been extensively studied in North America and Europe; however, limited data on CDI are available in the Asia-Pacific region. A multicentre retrospective study was conducted in this region. C. difficile isolates were subjecte...

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Main Authors: Yun Luo, Elaine Cheong, Qiao Bian, Deirdre A. Collins, Julian Ye, Jeong Hwan Shin, Wing Cheong Yam, Tohru Takata, Xiaojun Song, Xianjun Wang, Mini Kamboj, Thomas Gottlieb, Jianmin Jiang, Thomas V. Riley, Yi-Wei Tang, Dazhi Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1682472