First molecular characterisation and PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile strains isolated in two Algerian Hospitals | Zendy

Abla Djebbar | Zendy; Mohammed Sebaihia | Zendy; Ed J. Kuijper | Zendy; Céline Harmanus | Zendy; Ingrid M. J. G. Sanders | Zendy; Nadia Benbraham | Zendy; Hocine Hacène | Zendy

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First molecular characterisation and PCR ribotyping of Clostridium difficile strains isolated in two Algerian Hospitals

Author(s) -

Abla Djebbar,

Mohammed Sebaihia,

Ed J. Kuijper,

Céline Harmanus,

Ingrid M. J. G. Sanders,

Nadia Benbraham,

Hocine Hacène

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.9580

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , ribotyping , microbiology and biotechnology , metronidazole , cefoxitin , vancomycin , antibiotics , ciprofloxacin , biology , medicine , polymerase chain reaction , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , gene , biochemistry , genetics

Clostridium difficile is the major etiological agent of nosocomial antibiotics associated diarrhoea. C. difficile infection is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients worldwide. Despite its known importance, there is no study on this important pathogen in Algeria.

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