Molecular and clinical characteristics of Clostridium difficile infection in a University Hospital in Shanghai, China

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 15;47(12):1606-8. doi: 10.1086/593365.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis
  • China / epidemiology
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / pathology*
  • Diarrhea / physiopathology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / pathology*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Hospitals, University
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Ribotyping

Substances

  • Bacterial Toxins
  • DNA, Bacterial