Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Clostridioides difficile Clusters in Ribotype 027 Isolates and Lack of Association with Clinical Outcomes-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis of Clostridioides difficile Clusters in Ribotype 027 Isolates and Lack of Association with Clinical Outcomes

Published:2019-05 Issue:5 Volume:57 Page:
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Garneau Julian R.¹^ORCID,Abou Chakra Claire Nour¹,Fortier Louis-Charles¹,Labbé Annie-Claude²,Simor Andrew E.³,Gold Wayne⁴,Muller Matthew⁵,McGeer Allison⁶,Powis Jeff⁷,Katz Kevin⁸,Pépin Jacques¹,Valiquette Louis¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

2. CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

3. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4. Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

5. St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

7. Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto East Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

8. North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Abstract

The epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) has drastically changed since the emergence of the epidemic strain BI/NAP1/027, also known as ribotype 027 (R027). However, the relationship between the infecting C. difficile strain and clinical outcomes is still debated.

Funder

Pfizer Canada, Investigator-initiated grant

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.01724-18

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