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Clinical utility of laboratory detection of Clostridium difficile strain BI/NAP1/027

Kociolek et al., 2016

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5136227024438587922
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Kociolek L
Gerding D
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Journal of clinical microbiology

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Clostridium difficile strain BI/NAP1/027 is associated with increased C. difficile infection (CDI) rates and severity, and the efficacy of some CDI therapies may be strain dependent. Although cultured C. difficile isolates can be reliably subtyped by various methods, the long …
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