Contribution to Clostridium Difficile Transmission of Symptomatic Patients With Toxigenic Strains Who Are Fecal Toxin Negative
Author(s) -
Damian Mawer,
David W. Eyre,
David Griffiths,
Warren N. Fawley,
Jessica Martin,
T. Phuong Quan,
Tim Peto,
Derrick W. Crook,
A. Sarah Walker,
Mark H. Wilcox
Publication year - 2017
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/cix079
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , feces , toxin , glutamate dehydrogenase , clostridium difficile toxin a , microbiology and biotechnology , transmission (telecommunications) , gastroenterology , medicine , biology , antibiotics , glutamate receptor , electrical engineering , engineering , receptor
The role of symptomatic patients who are toxigenic strain positive (TS+) but fecal toxin negative (FT-) in transmission of Clostridium difficile is currently unknown.
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