Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in infants in Oxfordshire, UK: risk factors for colonization and carriage, and genetic overlap with regional C. difficile infection strains
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- Authors
- Stoesser, N; Eyre, DW; Quan, TP; Godwin, H; Pill, G; Mbuvi, E; Vaughan, A; Griffiths, D; Martin, J; Fawley, W; Dingle, KE; Oakley, S; Wanelik, K; Finney, JM; Kachrimanidou, M; Moore, CE; Gorbach, S; Riley, TV; Crook, DW; Peto, TEA; Wilcox, MH; Walker, AS
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- PLoS ONE
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- Male
Evolutionary Genetics
Maternal Health
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pediatrics
Feces
Families
Risk Factors
Antibiotics
Prevalence
Medicine and Health Sciences
Cluster Analysis
Children
Cross Infection
Antimicrobials
Pets and Companion Animals
Drugs
Breast Feeding
Carrier State
Female
Infants
Research Article
DNA, Bacterial
Diarrhea
Clostridium Difficile
Animal Types
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Microbiology
Evolution, Molecular
Signs and Symptoms
Diagnostic Medicine
Microbial Control
Genetics
Humans
Animals
Pharmacology
Evolutionary Biology
Bacteria
Clostridioides difficile
Gut Bacteria
Infant, Newborn
Organisms
Genetic Variation
Infant
Biology and Life Sciences
Human Genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
United Kingdom
Age Groups
People and Places
Clostridium Infections
Women's Health
Population Groupings
Neonatology
Zoology
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Background: Approximately 30-40% of children