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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Principais autores:	Avi Peretz, Linda Tkhawkho, Nina Pastukh, Diana Brodsky, Chen Namimi-Halevi, Orna Nitzan
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	BMC 2016-06-01
coleção:	BMC Infectious Diseases
Assuntos:	Calprotectin Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 Clostridium severity score index
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1618-8
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