| Literature DB >> 22075589 |
David W Eyre1, A Sarah Walker, David Griffiths, Mark H Wilcox, David H Wyllie, Kate E Dingle, Derrick W Crook, Tim E A Peto.
Abstract
Isolates from consecutive Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) fecal samples underwent multilocus sequence typing. Potential reinfections with different genotypes were identified in 88/560 (16%) sample pairs taken 1 to 1,414 days (median, 24; interquartile range [IQR], 1 to 52 days) apart; odds of reinfection increased by 58% for every doubling of time between samples. Of 109 sample pairs taken on the same day, 3 (3%) had different genotypes. Considering samples 0 to 7 days apart as the same CDI, 7% of cases had mixed infections with >1 genotype.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 22075589 PMCID: PMC3256686 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05177-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948