Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Iranian hospitals

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Iranian hospitals

Abstract Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is known as one of the most important causes of nosocomial infections. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the presence of Clostridium difficile in the stool of hospitalized patients with diarrhea as well as in their environments...

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Main Authors: Parisa Shoaei, Hasan Shojaei, Farzin Khorvash, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Behrooz Ataei, Hossein Tavakoli, Mohammad Jalali, J. Scott Weese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile infection
Molecular characterization
Risk factor
Multilocus sequence typing analysis (MLST)
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13756-018-0454-6

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