An Observational Cohort Study of <italic toggle="yes">Clostridium difficile</italic> Ribotype 027 and Recurrent Infection

An Observational Cohort Study of <italic toggle="yes">Clostridium difficile</italic> Ribotype 027 and Recurrent Infection

ABSTRACT Recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (rCDI) frequently complicates recovery from CDI. Accurately predicting rCDI would allow judicious allocation of limited resources, but published models have met with limited success. Thus, biomarkers predictive of recurrence have been sought. This s...

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Main Authors: Krishna Rao, Peter D. R. Higgins, Vincent B. Young
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-06-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
biomarkers
clinical decision making
molecular epidemiology
ribotyping
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00033-18

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00033-18

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