Correlation between fecal calprotectin levels, disease severity and the hypervirulent ribotype 027 strain in patients with Clostridium difficile infection

Abstract Background Clostridium difficile is the most common infectious etiology of nosocomial diarrhea. Fecal calprotectin (fc) is a sensitive marker of intestinal inflammation, found to be associated with enteric bacterial infections and inflammatory bowel disease. Methods We evaluated fc levels u...

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Hauptverfasser:	Avi Peretz, Linda Tkhawkho, Nina Pastukh, Diana Brodsky, Chen Namimi-Halevi, Orna Nitzan
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	BMC 2016-06-01
Schriftenreihe:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Schlagworte:	Calprotectin Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 Clostridium severity score index
Online-Zugang:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1618-8
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