Molecular characterization, toxin detection and resistance testing of human clinical Clostridium difficile isolates from Lebanon

Berger, FK; Rasheed, SS; Araj, GF; Mahfouz, R; Rimmani, HH; Karaoui, WR; Sharara, AI; Dbaibo, G; Becker, SL; von Muller, L; Bischoff, M; Matar, GM; Gartner, B

Berger, FK (reprint author), Saarland Univ, Inst Med Microbiol & Hyg, Natl Reference Lab Clostridium Difficile, Kirrberger Str 43, D-66421 Homburg, Germany.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 2018; 308 (3): 358

Abstract

Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile is the main cause for nosocomial diarrhoea in industrialised nations. Epidemiologic data on the pathogen's occu......

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