Clinical Clostridium difficile: clonality and pathogenicity locus diversity.
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in healthcare settings. The major virulence determinants are large clostridial toxins, toxin A (tcdA) and toxin B (tcdB), encoded within the pathogenicity locus (PaLoc). Isolates vary in pathogenicity from hypervi...
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Formáid: | Journal article |
Teanga: | English |
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2011
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