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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Kuijper, Ed J. ; van den Berg, Renate J. ; Debast, Sylvia ; Visser, Caroline E. ; Veenendaal, Dick ; ... More +
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. Less -
Description:
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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Clostridium Difficile
Cross Infection
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Enterotoxins
Epidemic
Harderwijk
Humans
Molecular Epidemiology
Netherlands
PCR Ribotype 027
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ribotyping
Toxinotype IIII

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(5):827-830.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
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