Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027, Toxinotype III, the Netherlands

Outbreaks due to Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027, toxinotype III, were detected in 7 hospitals in the Netherlands from April 2005 to February 2006. One hospital experienced at the same time a second outbreak due to a toxin A–negative C. difficile PCR ribotype 017 toxinotype VIII strain. The outbreaks are difficult to control.

Verfasser: Ed J. Kuijper
Renate J. van den Berg
Sylvia Debast
Caroline E. Visser
Dick Veenendaal
Annet Troelstra
Tjallie van der Kooi
Susan van den Hof
Daan W. Notermans
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Reihe/Periodikum: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 12, Iss 5, Pp 827-830 (2006)
Verlag/Hrsg.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Schlagwörter: Clostridium difficile / PCR ribotype 027 / toxinotype IIII / epidemic / Harderwijk / dispatch / Medicine / R / Infectious and parasitic diseases / RC109-216
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29171053
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Link(s) : https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051350