Growth Patterns of Clostridium difficile – Correlations with Strains, Binary Toxin and Disease Severity: A Prospective Cohort Study

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Sarah Tschudin-Sutter ,

* E-mail: Sarah.Tschudin@uhbs.ch

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Olivier Braissant,

Affiliation Laboratory of Biomechanics and Biocalorimetry, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Stefan Erb,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Anne Stranden,

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Gernot Bonkat,

Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Reno Frei,

Affiliation Division of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Andreas F. Widmer

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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