Clostridium difficile--associated diseases: comparison of symptomatic infection versus carriage on the basis of risk factors, toxin production, and genotyping results.
Cheng
S H
SH
Department of Internal Medicine, Provincial Taoyuan General Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Lu
J J
JJ
Young
T G
TG
Perng
C L
CL
Chi
W M
WM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique