Type-Specific Risk Factors and Outcome in an Outbreak With 2 Different Clostridium difficile Types Simultaneously in 1 Hospital | Zendy

Abraham Goorhuis | Zendy; S. B. Debast | Zendy; J. C. Dutilh | Zendy; C. M. van Kinschot | Zendy; Céline Harmanus | Zendy; Suzanne C. Cannegieter | Zendy; E. Christiaan Hagen | Zendy; Ed J. Kuijper | Zendy

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Type-Specific Risk Factors and Outcome in an Outbreak With 2 Different Clostridium difficile Types Simultaneously in 1 Hospital

Author(s) -

Abraham Goorhuis,

S. B. Debast,

J. C. Dutilh,

C. M. van Kinschot,

Céline Harmanus,

Suzanne C. Cannegieter,

E. Christiaan Hagen,

Ed J. Kuijper

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir549

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , outbreak , clostridium infections , outcome (game theory) , clostridium , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , antibiotics , bacteria , biology , genetics , mathematics , mathematical economics

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) due to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027 (type 027) has been described worldwide. In some countries, an increase was reported of toxin A-negative PCR ribotype 017 (type 017). We encountered an outbreak due to these 2 types occurring simultaneously in a 980-bed teaching hospital in the Netherlands.

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