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Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
; 32(8): 1027-30, 2013 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23443474
ABSTRACT
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of nosocomial diarrhea. CDI is known to develop after antibiotic administration, but anti-tuberculosis agents have rarely been implicated. We documented an outbreak caused by a highly rifampicin-resistant C. difficile strain of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 046 in patients with active tuberculosis.