Unique Clindamycin-Resistant Clostridioides difficile Strain Related to Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Epidemic BI/RT027 Strain

Unique Clindamycin-Resistant Clostridioides difficile Strain Related to Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Epidemic BI/RT027 Strain

During a surveillance study of patients in a long-term care facility and the affiliated acute care hospital in the United States, we identified a Clostridioides difficile strain related to the epidemic PCR ribotype (RT) 027 strain associated with hospital outbreaks of severe disease. Fifteen patient...

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Main Authors: Andrew M. Skinner, Laurica Petrella, Farida Siddiqui, Susan P. Sambol, Christopher A. Gulvik, Dale N. Gerding, Curtis J. Donskey, Stuart Johnson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-02-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
restriction endonuclease analysis
REA
Clostridioides difficile
outbreak
BI
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/18-1965_article

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