Open AccessFirst cluster of C. difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in France: preliminary report
Author(s) -
Mickaël Tachon,
C. Cattöen,
K. Blanckaert,
I. Poujol,
A. Carbonne,
Frédéric Barbut,
J. C. Petit,
B. Coignard
Publication year - 2006
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.11.18.02951-en
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , c difficile , cluster (spacecraft) , medicine , disease , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics , computer science , programming language
On 27 March 2006, a cluster of cases of Clostridium difficile associated disease (CDAD) in a hospital in northern France (hospital A) was notified to the Institut de Veille Sanitaire