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Infecciones causadas por Clostridium difficile: una visión actualizada

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Hernandez-Rocha, Cristian, Naour, Sebastian, Alvarez-Lobos, Manuel, and Paredes-Sabja, Daniel

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English: Clostridium difficile is an emerging anaerobic, spore forming pathogen, recognized as the etiological agent of ~ 30% of antibiotic associated diarrheas. Clinical symptoms can fluctuate from mild to moderate diarrhea, pseudomembranous colitis and toxic megacolon. The incidence of C. difficile associated infections (CDAI) is ~ 1% of total hospitalized...

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. Infecciones causadas por Clostridium diffi cile: una visión actualizada Cristian Hernández-Rocha, Sebastián
Epidemic Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Chile

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Hernandez-Rocha, Cristian, Barra-Carrasco, Jonathan, Pizarro-Guajardo, Marjorie, Ibanez, Patricio, Bueno, Susan M., Sarker, Mahfuzur R., Maria Guzman, Ana, Alvarez-Lobos, Manuel, and Paredes-Sabja, Daniel

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The increased severity of Clostridium difficile infection is primarily attributed to the appearance of an epidemic strain characterized as PCR ribotype 027. The only report that identified epidemic C. difficile ribotype 027 in an American country outside of North America comes from Costa Rica, raising the possibility that strains 027...

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Hernández-Rocha,1 Jonathan Barra-Carrasco,1 Marjorie Pizarro-Guajardo, Patricio Ibáñez, Susan M. Bueno