Prevalence, antibiogram, phenotypic and genotypic analysis of Clostridioides difficile toxigenic strains from stool samples

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is a Gram-positive, spore-forming, toxin-producing, anaerobic bacterium that is a prominent cause of nosocomial antibiotic-associated diarrhea. Toxin-mediated C. difficile infections can cause a variety of diseases, from minor cases of diarrhea to life-threate...

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Main Authors: Mohammed A. Alqasem, Mohammad A. Alzohairy, Abdulwahab Z. Binjomah, Reada N. Alsaigh, Mostafa M. Mohamed, Moaddi H. Aljash, Abdulrahman M. Almehrej, Saleh A. Almalki, Latifa I. Alsubaihi, Abdullh I. Alharbi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of King Saud University: Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101836472300191X