| Literature DB >> 19324222 |
Philip Toltzis1, Jason Kim, Michael Dul, Joan Zoltanski, Sarah Smathers, Theoklis Zaoutis.
Abstract
A hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile-labeled North American Pulsed Field type 1 causes severe disease in adults. To determine the prevalence of NAP1 C. difficile in children, organisms from consecutive C. difficile toxin-positive stool samples at 2 children's hospitals microbiology laboratories were characterized. We found that 19.4% of these samples were NAP1.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19324222 DOI： 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.10.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN： 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406