High Prevalence of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strains in Malaysia

Accumulating evidence shows a high prevalence of Clostridium difficile in Southeast Asia associated with a range of clinical presentations. However, severe infections are rarely reported. We investigated C. difficile infection (CDI) across four hospitals in Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu, Malaysia. Enz...

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Main Authors:	Riley, Thomas V., Collins, Deirdre A., Karunakaran, Rina, Kahar, Maria Abdul, Adnan, Ariza, Hassan, Siti Asma, Zainul, Nadiah Hanim, Rustam, F. R. Mohammed, Wahab, Z. Abd, Ramli, Ramliza, Lee, Yeong Yeh, Hassan, Hamimah, Onderdonk, Andrew B.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2018
Subjects:	R Medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.um.edu.my/20884/ https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00170-18
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