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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
The Clostridium difficile Exosporium Cysteine (CdeC)-Rich Protein Is Required for Exosporium Morphogenesis and Coat Assembly

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Barra-Carrasco, Jonathan, Olguín-Araneda, Valeria, Plaza-Garrido, Ángela, Miranda-Cárdenas, Camila, Cofré-Araneda, Glenda, Pizarro-Guajardo, Marjorie, Sarker, Mahfuzur R., and Paredes-Sabja, Daniel

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Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial pathogen that has become a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea. There is a general consensus that C. difficile spores play an important role in C. difficile pathogenesis, contributing to infection, persistence, and transmission. Evidence has demonstrated that C. difficile spores have an outermost layer,...

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Pizarro-Guajardo,a Mahfuzur R. Sarker,b,c Daniel Paredes-Sabjaa,b Laboratorio de Mecanismos de

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Epidemic Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 in Chile

The Clostridium difficile Exosporium Cysteine (CdeC)-Rich Protein Is Required for Exosporium Morphogenesis and Coat Assembly

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