2005
Clonal spread of a Clostridium difficile strain with a complete set of toxin A, toxin B, and binary toxin genes among polish patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea
Publication
Publication
Journal of Clinical Microbiology , Volume 43 - Issue 1 p. 472- 475
Clinically relevant Clostridium difficile strains usually produce toxins A and B. Some C. difficile strains can produce an additional binary toxin. We report clonality among five strains carrying all toxin genes from Polish patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea. In another strain, possible recombination between binary toxin genes is documented.
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| doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.1.472-475.2005, hdl.handle.net/1765/55355 | |
| Journal of Clinical Microbiology | |
| Organisation | Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases |
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Pituch, H., Kreft, D., Obuch-Woszczatyński, P., Wultańska, D., Meisel-Mikolajczyk, F., Luczak, M., & van Belkum, A. (2005). Clonal spread of a Clostridium difficile strain with a complete set of toxin A, toxin B, and binary toxin genes among polish patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(1), 472–475. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.1.472-475.2005 |
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