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Clostridium difficile (bacteria)
Known as:
Peptoclostridium difficile
, Clostridium difficile
, [Clostridium] difficile
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A type of bacterium found in human and animal waste. Clostridium difficile is a common cause of diarrhea that occurs in hospitals. It can also cause…
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Clostridium difficile Ab.IgA:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn
Clostridium difficile Ab.IgG:ACnc:Pt:Ser:Qn
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2010
2010
Neutralization of Clostridium difficile toxin A using antibody combinations
S. Demarest
,
M. Hariharan
,
+8 authors
G. Hansen
mAbs
2010
Corpus ID: 21804075
The pathogenicity of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is mediated by the release of two toxins, A and B. Both toxins contain…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Prevalence and association of PCR ribotypes of Clostridium difficile isolated from symptomatic patients from Warsaw with macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B (MLSB) type resistance.
H. Pituch
,
J. Brazier
,
P. Obuch-Woszczatyński
,
D. Wultańska
,
F. Meisel-Mikołajczyk
,
M. Luczak
Journal of Medical Microbiology
2006
Corpus ID: 19606967
Isolates (79 in total) of Clostridium difficile obtained over a 2 year period from 785 patients suspected of having C. difficile…
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1994
1994
Specific detection of Clostridium difficile toxin A gene sequences in clinical isolates.
Y. Tang
,
P. Gumerlock
,
J. Weiss
,
J. Silva
Molecular and Cellular Probes
1994
Corpus ID: 28605034
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to specifically detect toxin A gene sequences of Clostridium difficile in DNA…
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1992
1992
Proteolytic activity of Clostridium difficile.
S. Seddon
,
S. Borriello
Journal of Medical Microbiology
1992
Corpus ID: 30467666
Ten isolates of Clostridium difficile expressing different degrees of toxigenicity and virulence in an animal model were assayed…
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1990
1990
In-vitro activity of vancomycin, teicoplanin, daptomycin, ramoplanin, MDL 62873 and other agents against staphylococci, enterococci and Clostridium difficile.
A. Bartoloni
,
M. Colao
,
A. Orsi
,
R. Dei
,
E. Giganti
,
F. Parenti
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
1990
Corpus ID: 25143005
The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of different antibiotics were determined by a broth microdilution method for…
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1989
1989
Recovery of spores of Clostridium difficile altered by heat or alkali.
S. Kamiya
,
K. Yamakawa
,
H. Ogura
,
S. Nakamura
Journal of Medical Microbiology
1989
Corpus ID: 23524525
The effect of heating or alkali-treatment on spore recovery in ordinary growth medium was examined for four strains of…
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1989
1989
Purification and characterisation of Clostridium difficile toxin A by bovine thyroglobulin affinity chromatography and dissociation in denaturing conditions with or without reduction.
S. Kamiya
,
P. Reed
,
S. Borriello
Journal of Medical Microbiology
1989
Corpus ID: 31176369
Highly purified toxin A of Clostridium difficile was obtained by bovine thyroglobulin affinity chromatography followed by two…
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1989
1989
Cloning and characterization of overlapping DNA fragments of the toxin A gene of clostridium difficile.
C. Eichel-Streiber
,
Detlev Suckau
,
Manfred Wachter
,
Ulrich Hadding
Journal of General Microbiology
1989
Corpus ID: 9048316
Clostridium difficile, a human pathogen, produces two very large protein toxins, A and B (250-600 kDa), which resist dissociation…
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Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Method for the typing of Clostridium difficile based on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of [35S]methionine-labeled proteins
S. Tabaqchali
,
S. O'Farrell
,
D. Holland
,
R. Silman
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
1986
Corpus ID: 38558292
A typing method for Clostridium difficile based on the incorporation of [35S]methionine into cellular proteins, their separation…
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1982
1982
Contamination and crossinfection with Clostridium difficile in an intensive care unit.
B. Walters
,
R. Stafford
,
R. Roberts
,
E. Seneviratne
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
1982
Corpus ID: 223627
An outbreak of pseudomembranous colitis in an intensive care unit is described. This resulted in environmental contamination by…
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