Clostridium difficile ribotype 126 in southern Taiwan: A cluster of three symptomatic cases

Anaerobe

Volumn 30, Issue , 2014, Pages 188-192

  Hung, Yuan Pin ^a,b,c   Lin, Hsiao Ju ^a,b,c   Tsai, Bo Yang ^d   Liu, Hsiao Chieh ^a   Liu, Hsiu Chuan ^a   Lee, Jen Chieh ^b   Wu, Yi Hui ^e   Wilcox, Mark H ^f   Fawley, Warren N ^g   Hsueh, Po Ren ^h   Tsai, Pei Jane ^d   Ko, Wen Chien ^b  

^a Tainan Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Ribotype 078 like; Ribotype 126; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CDTA GENE; CDTB GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RIBOTYPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TCDA GENE; TCDB GENE; TCDC GENE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AGED; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RIBOTYPING; TAIWAN;

EID: 84913530524     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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