Low-Toxin Clostridioides difficile RT027 Strains Exhibit Robust Virulence
F. Anwar, B. A. P. Roxas, K. W. Shehab, N. Ampel, V. K. Viswanathan, G. Vedantam
The paper investigates low-toxin RT027 C. difficile strains and finds they exhibit robust virulence despite being toxin-negative by NAAT, challenging current diagnostic assumptions.
bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2022Microbiology