Epidemic ribotypes of Clostridium (now Clostridioides) difficile are likely to be more virulent than non-epidemic ribotypes in animal models

Vitucci, JC; Pulse, M; Tabor-Simecka, L; Simecka, J

Simecka, J (corresponding author), Univ North Texas Hlth Sci Ctr, Univ North Texas Syst, Coll Pharm, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Ft Worth, TX 76107 USA.; Simecka, J (corresponding author), Univ North Texas Hlth Sci Ctr, Univ North Texas Syst, Coll Pharm, UNTHSC Preclin Serv, Ft Worth, TX 76107 USA.

BMC MICROBIOLOGY, 2020; 20 (1):

Abstract

Background Clostridioides difficile infections have become more frequently diagnosed and associated with greater disease severity, which has resulted ......

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