An outbreak of toxin A negative, toxin B positive Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a Canadian tertiary-care hospital

Can Commun Dis Rep. 1999 Apr 1;25(7):65-9.

[Article in English, French]

Authors

A al-Barrak¹, J Embil, B Dyck, K Olekson, D Nicoll, M Alfa, A Kabani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba.

PMID: 10344088

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins*
Bacterial Toxins*
Clostridioides difficile* / classification
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Diarrhea / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
Enterotoxins*
Female
Humans
Infection Control
Male
Manitoba
Middle Aged
Serotyping

Substances

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