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SUBMITTER: Moradigaravand D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885014 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Moradigaravand Danesh D Gouliouris Theodore T Ludden Catherine C Reuter Sandra S Jamrozy Dorota D Blane Beth B Naydenova Plamena P Judge Kim K H Aliyu Sani S F Hadjirin Nazreen N A Holmes Mark M Török Estée E M Brown Nicholas N Parkhill Julian J Peacock Sharon S
Microbial genomics 20180302 3
There is growing evidence that patients with Clostridiumdifficile-associated diarrhoea often acquire their infecting strain before hospital admission. Wastewater is known to be a potential source of surface water that is contaminated with C. difficile spores. Here, we describe a study that used genome sequencing to compare C. difficile isolated from multiple wastewater treatment plants across the East of England and from patients with clinical disease at a major hospital in the same region. We c ...[more]