Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027, Toxinotype III, the Netherlands

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.

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Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027, Toxinotype III, the Netherlands

Published Date:

May 2006

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Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):827-830.

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Kuijper, Ed J. ; van den Berg, Renate J. ; Debast, Sylvia ; Visser, Caroline E. ; Veenendaal, Dick ; ... More ▼

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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.

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