First Report of Hypervirulent Strains Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotypes 027 and 078 Causing Severe Clostridium difficile Infection in Italy

被引：21

作者：

Baldan, Rossella ^{[1
]}

Cavallerio, Paolo ^{[3
]}

Tuscano, Antonella ^{[1
]}

Parlato, Caterina ^{[3
]}

Fossati, Lucina ^{[3
]}

Moro, Matteo ^{[2
]}

Serra, Roberto ^{[3
]}

Cirillo, Daniela M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Ist Sci San Raffaele, Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, I-20132 Milan, Italy

[2] Ist Sci San Raffaele, Chief Med Off, I-20132 Milan, Italy

[3] Univ San Giovanni Battista, Azienda Osped, Microbiol Lab, Turin, Italy

来源：

CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 2010年 / 50卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1086/649011

中图分类号：

R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];

学科分类号：

100102 ;

摘要：

引用

页码：126 / 127

页数：3

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