Inhibition of Clostridium difficile by natural herbal extracts
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clostridium difficile
seventy-five meconium samples were examined for the presence of ci. difficile: 3 strains were isola ted. additionally 45 labora tory animal faeces specimens were tested for the same purpose, a further 2 cases were isolated. these five suspicious strains were identified as ci. difficile acco rding to the tests mentioned in the previous paragraphs. the organisms . isolated here showed the same ch...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1658-3612
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.05.006