Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile strains in children compared with that of strains circulating in adults with Clostridium difficile-associated infection.

Molecular analysis of Clostridium difficile (28 isolates) from children (n = 128) in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, identified eight toxigenic genotypes. Six of these were isolated from 27% of concurrent adult C. difficile-associated infections studied (n = 83). No children carried hypervirulent PCR r...

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Autors principals: Stoesser, N, Crook, D, Fung, R, Griffiths, D, Harding, R, Kachrimanidou, M, Keshav, S, Peto, T, Vaughan, A, Walker, A, Dingle, K
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: 2011