Clinical and laboratory features of the most common Clostridium difficile ribotypes isolated in Belgium.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies comparing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) due to different ribotypes have been conflicting, and many have only compared small numbers of cases or few ribotypes. AIM: To compare patient and episode characteristics for CDI due to different ribotypes. METHODS: The ribotyping results from 3333 toxin-producing isolates collected from 110 Belgian hospitals between October 2010 and December 2015 were matched to clinical data from the national CDI surveillance database. Data for ribotypes with at least 100 occurrences were compared. In addition, the national referenc... Mehr ...