Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Hospitalized Patients From Mexico

Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Hospitalized Patients From Mexico

Clostridioides difficile is a global public health problem, which is a primary cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in humans. The emergence of hypervirulent and antibiotic-resistant strains is associated with the increased incidence and severity of the disease. There are limited studies on genom...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Aguilar-Zamora, Bart C. Weimer, Roberto C. Torres, Alejandro Gómez-Delgado, Nayeli Ortiz-Olvera, Gerardo Aparicio-Ozores, Varenka J. Barbero-Becerra, Javier Torres, Margarita Camorlinga-Ponce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Clostridioides difficile
antibiotic resistance
whole-genome sequencing
mutation
multilocus sequence typing
adults and children
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.787451/full

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