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SUBMITTER: Drabek J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4690340 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Drabek Jiri J Nyc Otakar O Krutova Marcela M Stovicek Jan J Matejkova Jana J Keil Radan R
Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials 20151223
<h4>Background</h4>Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea. Given an increasing CDI incidence and global spread of epidemic ribotypes, a 1-year study was performed to analyse the molecular characteristics of C. difficile isolates and associated clinical outcomes from patients diagnosed with CDI in the Internal Medicine department at University Hospital Motol, Prague from February 2013 to February 2014.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 85 unformed stool ...[more]