First report of hypervirulent strains polymerase chain reaction ribotypes 027 and 078 causing severe Clostridium difficile infection in Italy.
Baldan
Rossella
R
Cavallerio
Paolo
P
Tuscano
Antonella
A
Parlato
Caterina
C
Fossati
Lucina
L
Moro
Matteo
M
Serra
Roberto
R
Cirillo
Daniela M
DM
D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008875:Middle Aged; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D021521:Ribotyping; D014774:Virulence