Characterisation of antibiotic resistance in Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile is a Gram-positive, obligate anaerobe and an opportunistic pathogen that causes antibiotic associated diarrhoea. The incidence of C. difficile infection (CDI) increased dramatically in the early years of this century, an epidemic caused by the previously rare ribotype 027. In a...

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Main Author: Alabdali, Yasir
Other Authors: Fagan, Robert
Published: University of Sheffield 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.729489