Clostridium difficile infection caused by binary toxin-positive strains

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1539-1540

  Hensgens, Marjolein P M ^a   Kuijper, Ed J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA; BINARY TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; MORTALITY;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84882604864     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1909.110814     Document Type: Letter

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