An Epidemic, Toxin Gene–Variant Strain of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 1 December 2005Open access
L. Clifford McDonald, George Killgore, Angela Thompson, Robert C. Owens, Sophia V. Kazakova, Susan P. Sambol
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A previously uncommon strain of C. difficile with variations in toxin genes has become more resistant to fluoroquinolones and has emerged as a cause of geographically dispersed outbreaks of C.'s Difficile-associated disease.
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A previously uncommon strain of C. difficile with variations in toxin genes has become more resistant to fluoroquinolones and has emerged as a cause of geographically dispersed outbreaks of C. difficile-associated disease.
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