Open AccessClostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited
Author(s) -
Susan van den Hof,
Tjallie van der Kooi,
R. van den Berg,
Ed J. Kuijper,
Daan W. Notermans
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.04.02882-en
Subject(s) - outbreak , clostridium difficile , transmission (telecommunications) , ribotyping , medicine , environmental health , intensive care medicine , virology , medical emergency , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , computer science , polymerase chain reaction , genetics , antibiotics , telecommunications , gene
In June 2005, shortly after outbreaks of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) caused by PCR ribotype 027 (toxinotype III) were reported in Britain,