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: Kuijper, Ed J.
Van Den Berg, Renate J.
Debast, Sylvia
Visser, Caroline E.
Veenendaal, Dick
Troelstra, Annet
Van Der Kooi, Tjallie
Van Den Hof, Susan
Notermans, Daan W.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Reihe/Periodikum: Kuijper , E J , Van Den Berg , R J , Debast , S , Visser , C E , Veenendaal , D , Troelstra , A , Van Der Kooi , T , Van Den Hof , S & Notermans , D W 2006 , ' Clostridium difficile ribotype 027, toxinotype III, the Netherlands ' , Emerging Infectious Diseases , vol. 12 , no. 5 , pp. 827-830 . https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1205.051350
Sprache: Englisch
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