A role for tetracycline selection in recent evolution of agriculture-associated Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 078

A role for tetracycline selection in recent evolution of agriculture-associated Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 078

The increasing clinical importance of human infections (frequently severe) caused by Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 078 (RT078) was first reported in 2008. The severity of symptoms (mortality ≤30%) and higher proportion of infections among community and younger patients, raised concerns....

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Hauptverfasser: Dingle, K, Didelot, X, Quan, T, Eyre, D, Stoesser, N, Marwick, C, Coia, J, Brown, D, Buchanan, S, Ijaz, U, Goswami, C, Douce, G, Fawley, W, Wilcox, M, Peto, T, Walker, A, Crook, D
Format: Journal article
Veröffentlicht: American Society for Microbiology 2019

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