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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-08-01
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Series: | Journal of King Saud University: Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101836472300191X |