Clonal Spread of a Clostridium difficile Strain with a Complete Set of Toxin A, Toxin B, and Binary Toxin Genes among Polish Patients with Clostridium difficile -Associated Diarrhea
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (1) , 472-475
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.43.1.472-475.2005
Abstract
Clinically relevant Clostridium difficile strains usually produce toxins A and B. Some C. difficile strains can produce an additional binary toxin. We report clonality among five strains carrying all toxin genes from Polish patients with C. difficile -associated diarrhea. In another strain, possible recombination between binary toxin genes is documented.Keywords
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