Nosocomial transmission of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in a Chinese hospital, 2012–2014, traced by whole genome sequencing

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• 作者：Hongbing Jia ; Pengcheng Du ; Hui Yang ; Yuanyuan Zhang ; Jing Wang ; Wen Zhang…
• 关键词：Clostridium difficile ; NAP1/BI/027 ; Outbreak ; Nosocomial infection ; Whole genome sequencing
• 刊名：BMC Genomics
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：1529KB
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Microarrays; Proteomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2164
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundThe rapid spread of Clostridium difficile NAP1/BI/027 (C. difficile 027) has become one of the leading threats of healthcare-associated infections worldwide. However, C. difficile 027 infections have been rarely reported in Asia, particularly in China.