Ribotype 078 Clostridium difficile infection incidence in Dutch hospitals is not associated with provincial pig farming:Results from a national sentinel surveillance, 2009-2015
Background It has been suggested that the high incidence of ribotype 078 Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in the Netherlands is related to pig farming. Methods We used data of hospitalised CDI patients (> 2yrs of age) diagnosed between May 2009 and May 2015 in 26 hospitals participating in a national sentinel surveillance. We compared clinical and geographical characteristics of 078 CDI to other CDI. We investigated the association between 078 CDI incidence and four indicators of pig farming (piglet, pig, piglet farm and pig farm density) by mixed-effects Poisson regression. We used a... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | van Dorp , S M , de Greeff , S C , Harmanus , C , Sanders , I M J G , Dekkers , O M , Knetsch , C W , Kampinga , G A , Notermans , D W & Kuijper , E J 2017 , ' Ribotype 078 Clostridium difficile infection incidence in Dutch hospitals is not associated with provincial pig farming : Results from a national sentinel surveillance, 2009-2015 ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 12 , no. 12 , 0189183 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189183 |
| Schlagwörter: | DISEASE / NETHERLANDS / PREVALENCE / COMMUNITY / EMERGENCE / MORTALITY / ANIMALS / STRAIN |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26672120 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/ee579d8c-1a30-4bbd-a110-29dee67dba1f |
