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- Title
Infection of hamsters with historical and epidemic BI types of Clostridium difficile.
- Authors
Razaq, Nadia; Sambol, Susan; Nagaro, Kristin; Zukowski, Walter; Cheknis, Adam; Johnson, Stuart; Gerding, Dale N
- Abstract
North American and European hospitals have reported outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated disease with unexpectedly high mortality caused by a newly recognized group of C. difficile strains, group BI. Our objective was to compare, in hamsters, the virulence of a historical nonepidemic BI type, BI1, with that of 2 recent epidemic BI types, BI6 and BI17, and with that of 2 standard toxigenic strains, K14 and 630.
- Publication
The Journal of infectious diseases, 2007, Vol 196, Issue 12, p1813
- ISSN
0022-1899
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/523106