CHARACTERIZATION OF CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ISOLATED FROM DIARRHEAL PATIENTS IN A TERTIARY-CARE HOSPITAL, KARNATAKA, SOUTH INDIA

• Published in: Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 1221 - 1230
• Main Authors: Rituparna, Chakraborty, Mamatha, Ballal, Mukhyaprana, Prabhu M, Manjunatha, Hande H, Gururaja, Pazhani P, Thandavarayan, Ramamurthy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Thailand Central Coordinating Board, SEAMEO-TROPMED Project 01.11.2016

Increase in Clostridium difficile infection in tertiary-care hospitals in Karnataka, South India with a paucity of data on antibiotic susceptibility and genetic characteristics of the pathogen from this region of the country necessitated this study. From April 2012 to December 2014, 480 hospitalized...