Molecular characteristics of Clostridium difficile strains from patients with a first recurrence more than 8 weeks after the primary infection

Background/Purpose: Nearly all published studies of recurrent Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) report recurrent CDI within 8 weeks after the primary infection. This study explored the molecular characteristics of C. difficile isolates from the first recurrent CDI more than 8 weeks after the pr...

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Main Authors: Yijian Chen, Mamun Ur Rashid, Haihui Huang, Hong Fang, Carl Erik Nord, Minggui Wang, Andrej Weintraub
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118215009160