Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile in hospitalised children in Cambodia
A high prevalence of C. difficile was found in hospitalised children, with a high proportion of non-toxigenic and novel strains. Larger studies are required with whole genome sequencing necessary for characterising novel strains and advancing molecular epidemiological research in Asia.
Authors
- Kefyalew Addis Alene (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-4682)
- Lengsea Eng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7631-8678)
- Thomas V. Riley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1351-3740)
- Su‐Chen Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8983-6573)
- Choeung Chea
- Deirdre A. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6754-9290)
- Archie C. A. Clements (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7601-325X)
- Viso Srey
- Sotera Yohn
- Setha Leng
Institutions
- Edith Cowan University (AU)
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Cambodia National Malaria Center (KH)
- Calmette Hospital (KH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anaerobe
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anaerobe.2025.102959
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.19