Clinical severity of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027: a case-case study.

<h4>Background</h4>Clostridium difficile is a leading infectious cause of health care associated diarrhoea. Several industrialised countries have reported increased C. difficile infections and outbreaks, which have been attributed to the emergent PCR ribotype 027 strain.<h4>Methods...

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Main Authors: Oliver W Morgan, Boaventura Rodrigues, Tony Elston, Neville Q Verlander, Derek F J Brown, Jonathan Brazier, Mark Reacher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18350149/pdf/?tool=EBI