Mechanisms of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 displacement of endemic strains: an epidemiological model

Following rapid, global clonal dominance of hypervirulent ribotypes, Clostridium difficile now constitutes the primary infectious cause of nosocomial diarrhoea. Evidence indicates at least three possible mechanisms of hypervirulence that facilitates the successful invasion of these atypical strains:...

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Published in:Sci Rep
Main Authors: Yakob, Laith, Riley, Thomas V., Paterson, David L., Marquess, John, Magalhaes, Ricardo J. Soares, Furuya-Kanamori, Luis, Clements, Archie C.A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517512/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26218654
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12666
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