Clostridium difficile ribotype 017 – characterization, evolution and epidemiology of the dominant strain in Asia

Clostridium difficile ribotype 017 – characterization, evolution and epidemiology of the dominant strain in Asia

ABSTRACTClostridium difficile ribotype (RT) 017 is an important toxigenic C. difficile RT which, due to a deletion in the repetitive region of the tcdA gene, only produces functional toxin B. Strains belonging to this RT were initially dismissed as nonpathogenic and circulated largely undetected for...

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Main Authors: Korakrit Imwattana, Daniel R. Knight, Brian Kullin, Deirdre A. Collins, Papanin Putsathit, Pattarachai Kiratisin, Thomas V. Riley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
ribotype 017
epidemiology
Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/22221751.2019.1621670

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