Epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile are present in Auckland, New Zealand

N Z Med J. 2011 Apr 15;124(1332):97-101.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / analysis
  • Carrier State / diagnosis
  • Carrier State / epidemiology
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
  • Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity*
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
  • Enterotoxins / analysis
  • Epidemics / statistics & numerical data*
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase / analysis
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Mutation
  • New Zealand
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Population Surveillance
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Ribotyping
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Clostridium difficile lethal toxin B
  • Enterotoxins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • TcdC protein, Clostridium difficile
  • tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile
  • Glutamate Dehydrogenase