Clostridium difficile is a formidable nosocomial and community-acquired pathogen, causing
clinical presentations ranging from asymptomatic colonization to self-limiting diarrhea to …

In the twenty-first century, the clinical microbiology laboratory plays a central part in
optimizing the management of infectious diseases and surveying local and global …

Background It has been thought that Clostridium difficile infection is transmitted
predominantly within health care settings. However, endemic spread has hampered …

Background As sequence data sets used for the investigation of pathogen transmission
patterns increase in size, automated tools and standardized methods for cluster analysis …

Molecular typing is an essential tool to monitor Clostridium difficile infections and outbreaks
within healthcare facilities. Molecular typing also plays a key role in defining the regional …

Travel abroad for healthcare has increased rapidly; interventions include organ transplant;
cardiac surgery; reproductive care; and joint, cosmetic, and dental procedures. Individuals …

Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming gram-positive bacillus, and the leading cause of
antibiotic-associated nosocomial diarrhea and colitis in the industrialized world. With the …

The transcriptional regulator AgrA, a member of the LytTR family of proteins, plays a key role
in controlling gene expression in some Gram-positive pathogens, including Staphylococcus …

Many articles have summarized the changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections
(CDI) in humans, but the emerging presence of C. difficile in foods and animals and possible …

Salmonella enterica serovar Agona has caused multiple food-borne outbreaks of
gastroenteritis since it was first isolated in 1952. We analyzed the genomes of 73 isolates …