CONFIRMED CASES AND REPORT OF CLUSTERS OF SEVERE INFECTIONS DUE TO CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE PCR RIBOTYPE 027 IN GERMANY

In late September 2007, the local health authorities in Trier, Rhineland-Palatine, in south-western Germany, were informed of four cases with a severe course of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) on several wards in a local hospital.