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SUBMITTER: Aguayo C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9151021 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aguayo C C Flores R R Lévesque S S Araya P P Ulloa S S Lagos J J Hormazabal J C JC Tognarelli J J Ibáñez D D Pidal P P Duery O O Olivares B B Fernández J J
Epidemiology and infection 20150217 14
Clostridium difficile infection has gained importance in recent years as a result of the rapid spread of epidemic strains, including hypervirulent strains. This study reports the molecular epidemiology of C. difficile obtained from hospitalized patients in Chile. Seven hundred and nineteen isolates of toxigenic C. difficile from 45 hospitals across the country were characterized through toxin profile, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), and sequencing of the tcdC gene. In addition, polymera ...[more]