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High Prevalence of Toxigenic and Nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile Strains in Malaysia

Thomas V. Riley, Deirdre A. Collins, Rina Karunakaran, Maria Abdul Kahar, Ariza Adnan, Siti Asma Hassan, Nadiah Hanim Zainul, F. R. Mohammed Rustam, Z. Abd Wahab, Ramliza Ramli, Yeong Yeh Lee, Hamimah Hassan
Andrew B. Onderdonk, Editor
Thomas V. Riley
aSchool of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
bDepartment of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, Australia
cSchool of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
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Deirdre A. Collins
aSchool of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
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Rina Karunakaran
dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Maria Abdul Kahar
dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ariza Adnan
dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Siti Asma Hassan
eSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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Nadiah Hanim Zainul
eSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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F. R. Mohammed Rustam
fFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
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Z. Abd Wahab
gSungai Buloh Hospital, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
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Ramliza Ramli
hDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Yeong Yeh Lee
eSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
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Hamimah Hassan
dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00170-18
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00170-18
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29563206

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  • Received January 31, 2018
  • Returned for modification February 26, 2018
  • Accepted March 19, 2018
  • Published online May 25, 2018.

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  1. Thomas V. Rileya,b,c*,
  2. Deirdre A. Collinsa*,
  3. Rina Karunakarand,
  4. Maria Abdul Kahard,
  5. Ariza Adnand,
  6. Siti Asma Hassane,
  7. Nadiah Hanim Zainule,
  8. F. R. Mohammed Rustamf,
  9. Z. Abd Wahabg,
  10. Ramliza Ramlih,
  11. Yeong Yeh Leee and
  12. Hamimah Hassand
  1. aSchool of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
  2. bDepartment of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, Australia
  3. cSchool of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia
  4. dDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  5. eSchool of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
  6. fFaculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
  7. gSungai Buloh Hospital, Sungai Buloh, Malaysia
  8. hDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Address correspondence to Thomas V. Riley, thomas.riley{at}uwa.edu.au.
  • ↵* Present address: Thomas V. Riley, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia; Deirdre A. Collins, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia.

  • Citation Riley TV, Collins DA, Karunakaran R, Kahar MA, Adnan A, Hassan SA, Zainul NH, Rustam FRM, Wahab ZA, Ramli R, Lee YY, Hassan H. 2018. High prevalence of toxigenic and nontoxigenic Clostridium difficile strains in Malaysia. J Clin Microbiol 56:e00170-18. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00170-18.

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