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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

Molecular epidemiology of

Ying Luo, Wen Zhang, Jing-Wei Cheng, Meng Xiao, Gui-Rong Sun, Cheng-Jie Guo, Ming-Jun Liu, Pei-Shan Cong, Timothy Kudinha

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  16. First genotypic characterization of toxigenic Clostridioides difficile in Lithuanian hospitals reveals the prevalence of the hypervirulent ribotype 027/ST1.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Ying LuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Wen ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, China.
Jing-Wei ChengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Meng XiaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Gui-Rong SunDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Cheng-Jie GuoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, China.
Ming-Jun LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Pei-Shan CongDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Timothy KudinhaCharles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe incidence and severity of MATERIALS AND

methodsNonrepetitive unformed fecal specimens (n=504) were investigated by the glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH),

resultsThe algorithm of combining GDH and CDAB tests could define diagnosis of 54.2% CDI cases and excluded 90% of non-CDI. Further adding the toxigenic culture to the algorithm enhanced the detection sensitivity to 100%. Toxigenic strains comprised 84.7% of isolates, including A+B+CDT- (71.8%, 61/85), A-B+CDT- (11.8%, 10/85) and A+B+CDT+ (1.2%, 1/85) isolates. RT046/ST35 (13.9%, 10/72), RT014/ST2 (12.5%, 9/72) and RT017/ST37 (12.5%, 9/72) were the more common genotypes among toxigenic

conclusionThe epidemiology of

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antimicrobial resistanceChinaClostridium difficilegenotypeseverity scoreShandong Province

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PMCPMC5896643

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