Rare toxin A-negative and toxin B-positive strain of Clostridioides difficile from Japan lacking a complete tcdA gene

Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) produces three kinds of toxins: toxin A (enterotoxin), toxin B (cytotoxin), and C. difficile transferase (CDT), a binary toxin. Some strains show positivity only for toxin B. These strains reportedly possess a gene for toxin A, tcdA. However, toxin A productio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of infection and chemotherapy : official journal of the Japan Society of Chemotherapy 2022-05, Vol.28 (5), p.651-656
Hauptverfasser:	Takemori-Sakai, Yukiko, Satou, Kenji, Senda, Yasuko, Nakamura, Youko, Otani, Hatsumi, Maekawa, Akiko, Oe, Hiroyasu, Oshima, Megumi, Yoneda-Nakagawa, Shiori, Miyagawa, Taro, Sato, Koichi, Ogura, Hisayuki, Mori, Mika, Wada, Taizo, Sakai, Yoshio, Yutani, Masahiro, Matsumura, Takuhiro, Fujinaga, Yukako, Gabata, Toshifumi, Wada, Takashi, Iwata, Yasunori
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacterial Proteins - analysis Bacterial Proteins - genetics Bacterial Toxins - genetics Clostridioides Clostridioides difficile Clostridioides difficile - genetics Enterotoxins - genetics Female Humans Japan Middle Aged Toxin A Toxin B
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