Emergence ofClostridium difficileInfection Due to a New Hypervirulent Strain, Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotype 078
Clinical Infectious Diseases2008Vol. 47(9), pp. 1162–1170
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Abraham Goorhuis, Dennis Bakker, Jeroen Corver, S. B. Debast, Céline Harmanus, Daan W. Notermans, Aldert A. Bergwerff, Friedo W. Dekker, Ed J. Kuijper
Abstract
CDI due to type 078 and CDI due to type 027 present with similar severity, but CDI due to type 078 affects a younger population and is more frequently community associated. C. difficile type 078 isolates from humans and pigs are highly genetically related.
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