Emergence of toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive Clostridium difficile strains: epidemiological and clinical considerations

Future Microbiol. 2015;10(1):1-4. doi: 10.2217/fmb.14.115.
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Keywords: Clostridium difficile; TcdA-B+; antibiotic-associated diarrhea; ribotype 017; toxin variants.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Toxins / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity*
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / veterinary
  • Enterotoxins / genetics
  • Humans
  • Ribotyping

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacterial Toxins
  • Enterotoxins
  • tcdA protein, Clostridium difficile
  • toxB protein, Clostridium difficile