Clostridium difficile Strains from Community-Associated Infections
- 1 September 2009
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 47 (9) , 3004-3007
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.00964-09
Abstract
Clostridium difficile isolates from presumed community-associated infections ( n = 92) were characterized by toxinotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, tcdC and cdtB PCR, and antimicrobial susceptibility. Nine toxinotypes (TOX) and 31 PFGE patterns were identified. TOX 0 (48, 52%), TOX III (18, 20%), and TOX V (9, 10%) were the most common; three isolates were nontoxigenic.Keywords
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