Genetic changes blamed for Clostridium difficile infections rise
Monday, September 28th, 2009London, Sep 28 (ANI): British researchers have attributed the recent rise in Clostridium difficile infections to genetic changes rather than dirty hospitals.
The researchers compared an historic strain and a strain from the outbreak at Stoke Mandeville hospital in 2003, and found that it had evolved to be more virulent. (more…)
