First report of hypervirulent strains polymerase chain reaction ribotypes 027 and 078 causing severe Clostridium difficile infection in Italy

Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Jan 1;50(1):126-7. doi: 10.1086/649011.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods*
  • Ribotyping
  • Virulence