Macro and micro diversity of Clostridium difficile isolates from diverse sources and geographical locations.

Clostridium difficile has emerged rapidly as the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease, with the temporal and geographical appearance of dominant PCR ribotypes such as 017, 027 and 078. Despite this continued threat, we have a poor understanding of how or why particular variants e...

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Main Authors: Richard A Stabler, Lisa F Dawson, Esmeralda Valiente, Michelle D Cairns, Melissa J Martin, Elizabeth H Donahue, Thomas V Riley, J Glenn Songer, Ed J Kuijper, Kate E Dingle, Brendan W Wren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031559&type=printable
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