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Research from T. Akerlund and co-authors provides new data about life sciences
May 27th, 2008
According to a study from Solna, Sweden, "Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 comprised 0.2% of a collection of Swedish isolates in 1997-2001 (3 of 1,325 isolates)." "These isolates had lower moxifloxacin MICs than the epidemic type 027 isolates, but they had the same tcdC sequence and toxin yield. Type 027 produced 3- to 13-fold more toxin than did major Swedish types," wrote T. Akerlund and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "One epidemic strain (027/NAP1a) sporulated more than did other type 027 isolates, a feature that should contribute to its survival and spread." Akerlund and colleagues published their study in the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-27)
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