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SUBMITTER: Carlson PE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4038106 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carlson Paul E PE Walk Seth T ST Bourgis Alexandra E T AE Liu Melissa W MW Kopliku Fatos F Lo Eugene E Young Vincent B VB Aronoff David M DM Hanna Philip C PC
Anaerobe 20130420
Since 2000, Clostridium difficile isolates of ribotype 027 have been linked to outbreaks in North America and Europe and also an increased rate of colectomy and death among infected individuals. It has been proposed that enhanced sporulation and toxin production were associated with this apparent increase in virulence of 027 isolates. Since only a limited number of isolates have been examined, the relationship of these phenotypes to a specific ribotype, and as well as to clinical disease severit ...[more]