Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotypes exhibit resistance to widely used disinfectants.

Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotypes exhibit resistance to widely used disinfectants.

The increased prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has coincided with enhanced transmissibility and severity of disease, which is often linked to two distinct clonal lineages designated PCR-ribotype 027 and 017 responsible for CDI outbreaks in the USA, Europe and Asia. We assessed spo...

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Main Authors: Lisa F Dawson, Esmeralda Valiente, Elizabeth H Donahue, George Birchenough, Brendan W Wren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3201945?pdf=render

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