Contribution to Clostridium difficile transmission of symptomatic patients with toxigenic strains who are fecal toxin negative

Background<br/> The role of symptomatic patients who are toxigenic strain-positive (TS+) but fecal toxin-negative (FT-) in transmission of Clostridium difficile is currently unknown. <br/><br/> Methods<br/> We investigated the contribution of symptomatic TS+/FT- and TS+/FT+ p...

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Main Authors: Mawer, D, Eyre, D, Griffiths, D, Fawley, W, Martin, J, Quan, T, Peto, T, Crook, D, Walker, A, Wilcox, M
Format: Journal article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017