Toxigenic Clostridium difficile isolates from clinically significant diarrhoea in patients from a tertiary care centre

Background & objectives: Clostridium difficile is the primary cause of hospital-acquired colitis in patients receiving antibiotics. The pathogenicity of the organism is mainly due to the production of toxins. This study was conducted to investigate the presence of toxigenic C. difficile in the f...

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Main Authors: Meenakshi Singh, Chetana Vaishnavi, Rakesh Kochhar, Safrun Mahmood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2017;volume=145;issue=6;spage=840;epage=846;aulast=Singh