Phenotypic Characterization of Non-toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strains Isolated From Patients in Mexico

Phenotypic Characterization of Non-toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strains Isolated From Patients in Mexico

Clostridioides difficile is a Gram positive, sporulated, rod-shape, anaerobic pathogen responsible for nosocomial diarrhea and colitis, mainly in antibiotic treated patients. C. difficile produce two toxins responsible for disease, toxin A (TcdA) and toxin B (TcdB), although not all strains produce...

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Main Authors: Margarita Camorlinga, Michelle Sanchez-Rojas, Javier Torres, Mariana Romo-Castillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
phenotype
Clostridioides difficile
non-toxigenic
hospital-acquired diarrhea
Mexico
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00084/full

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