First Report of Hypervirulent Strains Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotypes 027 and 078 Causing Severe Clostridium difficile Infection in Italy

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Published in:Clinical infectious diseases 2010-01, Vol.50 (1), p.126-127
Main Authors: Baldan, Rossella, Cavallerio, Paolo, Tuscano, Antonella, Parlato, Caterina, Fossati, Lucina, Moro, Matteo, Serra, Roberto, Cirillo, Daniela M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile - classification
Clostridium difficile - genetics
Clostridium difficile - pathogenicity
Clostridium Infections - microbiology
Correspondence
Hospital admissions
Humans
Infections
Italy
Middle Aged
Polymerase chain reaction
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Ribotyping
Teaching hospitals
Toxins
Virulence
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1086/649011