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Prevalence of binary-toxin genes (<i>cdtA</i> and <i>cdtB</i>) among clinical strains of <i>Clostridium difficile</i> isolated from diarrheal patients in Iran.

Masoumeh Azimirad, Fatemeh Naderi Noukabadi, Farhad Lahmi, Abbas Yadegar

PubMed · 2018 · 18 citations · 32 references

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AIM: from hospitalized patients with diarrhea. BACKGROUND: can lead to more severe disease in CDI patients. METHODS: genes among the strains were examined by PCR. RESULTS: -B+ profiles. CONCLUSION: particularly in patients with chronic diarrhea among Iranian populations.

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