Nontoxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile lack the genes for both toxin A and toxin B.
A total of 39 toxigenic and 20 nontoxigenic strains of Clostridium difficile were tested for the presence of either toxin A or toxin B by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All toxigenic strains produced cytotoxin as assayed by using highly sensitive fetal lung fibroblasts and were positive for to...
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| Published in: | J Clin Microbiol |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Artigo |
| Language: | Inglês |
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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
1991
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| Online Access: | https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC270402/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1774285/ https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.29.11.2666-2667.1991 |
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