Abstract
Clinically relevant Clostridium difficile strains usually produce toxins A and B. Some C. difficile strains can produce an additional binary toxin. We report clonality among five strains carrying all toxin genes from Polish patients with C. difficile-associated diarrhea. In another strain, possible recombination between binary toxin genes is documented.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
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Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
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Bacterial Toxins / chemistry
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Bacterial Toxins / genetics*
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Bacterial Toxins / metabolism
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Base Sequence
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Clostridioides difficile / classification
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Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
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Clostridioides difficile / metabolism
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Diarrhea / epidemiology*
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Diarrhea / microbiology
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
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Enterotoxins / chemistry
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Enterotoxins / genetics*
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Enterotoxins / metabolism
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Genetic Variation*
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Poland / epidemiology
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Ribotyping
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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Bacterial Toxins
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Enterotoxins
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tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile
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toxB protein, Clostridium difficile