infection in an endemic setting in the Netherlands

International audience ; The purpose of this investigation was to study risk factors for infection (CDI) in an endemic setting. In a 34-month prospective case-control study, we compared the risk factors and clinical characteristics of all consecutively diagnosed hospitalised CDI patients ( = 93) with those of patients without diarrhoea ( = 76) and patients with non-CDI diarrhoea ( = 64). The incidence of CDI was 17.5 per 10,000 hospital admissions. polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 014 was the most frequently found type (15.9%), followed by types 078 (12.7%) and 015 (7.9%). Independent... Mehr ...