Decreased Cure and Increased Recurrence Rates for Clostridium difficile Infection Caused by the Epidemic C. difficile BI Strain | Zendy

Laurica A Petrella | Zendy; Susan P. Sambol | Zendy; Adam Cheknis | Zendy; Kristin Nagaro | Zendy; Yin Kean | Zendy; P.S. Sears | Zendy; Farah Babakhani | Zendy; Stuart Johnson | Zendy; Dale N. Gerding | Zendy

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Decreased Cure and Increased Recurrence Rates for Clostridium difficile Infection Caused by the Epidemic C. difficile BI Strain

Author(s) -

Laurica A Petrella,

Susan P. Sambol,

Adam Cheknis,

Kristin Nagaro,

Yin Kean,

P.S. Sears,

Farah Babakhani,

Stuart Johnson,

Dale N. Gerding

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis430

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , medicine , strain (injury) , outbreak , microbiology and biotechnology , c difficile , clostridiaceae , clostridium , virology , bacteria , antibiotics , biology , toxin , genetics

An epidemic strain of Clostridium difficile designated by restriction endonuclease analysis (REA) as group BI has caused multiple outbreaks of severe C. difficile infection (CDI). The treatment response of patients infected with this strain is uncertain.

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