Clostridium difficile--associated diseases: comparison of symptomatic infection versus carriage on the basis of risk factors, toxin production, and genotyping results

Clin Infect Dis. 1997 Jul;25(1):157-8. doi: 10.1086/516891.

Authors

S H Cheng¹, J J Lu, T G Young, C L Perng, W M Chi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Provincial Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.

PMID: 9243055
DOI: 10.1086/516891

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Carrier State
Clostridioides difficile* / genetics
Clostridioides difficile* / isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Clostridium Infections / physiopathology*
Diarrhea / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / physiopathology*
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique