Role of Coinfecting Strains in Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 37(12): 1481-1484, 2016 12.
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The contribution of mixed infection in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) episodes is not known. Among paired isolates from 52 patients, mixed infection due to >1 toxigenic strain of C. difficile was identified in 8% of first episodes. Among recurrences, relapse from 1 or both co-infecting strains was uncommon; it was detected in a single case each. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1481-1484.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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En
Ano de publicação:
2016
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