Prevalence and Strain Characterization of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Representative Regions of Germany, Ghana, Tanzania and Indonesia – A Comparative Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study

Prevalence and Strain Characterization of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in Representative Regions of Germany, Ghana, Tanzania and Indonesia – A Comparative Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infections (CDI) are considered worldwide as emerging health threat. Uptake of C. difficile spores may result in asymptomatic carrier status or lead to CDI that could range from mild diarrhea, eventually developing into pseudomembranous colitis up to a toxic me...

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Main Authors: Mwanaisha Seugendo, Iryna Janssen, Vanessa Lang, Irene Hasibuan, Wolfgang Bohne, Paul Cooper, Rolf Daniel, Katrin Gunka, R. L. Kusumawati, Stephen E. Mshana, Lutz von Müller, Benard Okamo, Jan R. Ortlepp, Jörg Overmann, Thomas Riedel, Maja Rupnik, Ortrud Zimmermann, Uwe Groß
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Clostridioides difficile
epidemiology
Germany
Indonesia
Africa
multi-center study
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01843/full

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