Prevalence of Clostridium difficile and its toxigenic genotype in beef samples in West of Iran

Background and Objectives: Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea and pseudomembranous colitis. The prevalence of C. difficile infection differs in various geographical areas. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of C. difficile isolates and the prevalenc...

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Main Authors: Malihe Kheradmand, Somayeh Jalilian, Amirhooshang Alvandi, Ramin Abiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2017-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
PCR
Online Access:https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/1039