Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Clostridium difficile Infection Among Hospitalized Children in the Netherlands

<$O_ST_ABS>Background.<$C_ST_ABS>Little is known about pediatric Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) epidemiology. We describe the clinical and microbiological characteristics of CDI among hospitalized children in the Netherlands. <$O_ST_ABS>Methods.<$C_ST_ABS>Between May 2009 and May 2015, 26 hospitals registered characteristics of pediatric (aged 2–18 years) and adult (aged 18 years) CDI in a national sentinel surveillance study. Routine polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotyping and multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) of selected strains wa... Mehr ...