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SUBMITTER: Hargreaves KR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3811203 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hargreaves K R KR Colvin H V HV Patel K V KV Clokie J J P JJ Clokie M R J MR
Applied and environmental microbiology 20130802 20
Clostridium difficile is the leading cause of antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease in health care settings across the world. Despite its pathogenic capacity, it can be carried asymptomatically and has been found in terrestrial and marine ecosystems outside hospital environments. Little is known about these environmental strains, and few studies have been conducted on estuarine systems. Although prophage abundance and diversity are known to occur within clinical strains, prophage carriage with ...[more]