Draft Genome Sequence of Clostridium difficile Belonging to Ribotype 018 and Sequence Type 17.

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Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Department of Medical Biotechnologies, University of Siena, Santa Maria alle Scotte University Hospital, Siena, Italy Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, Florence, Italy

Published: September 2016

Clostridium difficile, belonging to ribotype 018 (RT018), is one of the most prevalent genotypes circulating in hospital settings in Italy. Here, we report the draft genome of C. difficile CD8-15 belonging to RT018, isolated from a patient with fatal C. difficile-associated infection.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009978PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00907-16DOI Listing

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