Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Germany, 2014-2019

• Main Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Mostafa Abdrabou (Author), Zia Ul Habib Bajwa (Author), Alexander Halfmann (Author), Alexander Mellmann (Author), Anna Nimmesgern (Author), Lena Margardt (Author), Markus Bischoff (Author), Lutz von Müller (Author), Barbara Gärtner (Author), Fabian K. Berger (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Clostridioides difficile is a Gram positive spore-forming rod and mainly responsible for nosocomial diarrhea in developed nations. Molecular and antimicrobial surveillance is important for monitoring the strain composition including genotypes of high epidemiological importance such as ribotype 027 (...