Emergence of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Korea
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Emergence of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Korea
BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has markedly risen and is associated with hypervirulent ribotype 027 outbreaks in North America and Europe since 2003. The aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of ribotype 027 among C. difficile isolates in Korea, to characterize the ribotype 027 isolates, and to determine the clinical severity of CDI in patients infected with thes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Laboratory Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2234-3806,2234-3814
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.3.191