Research noteAn outbreak of Clostridium difficile infections due to new PCR ribotype 826: epidemiologic and microbiologic analyses☆

M.J.T. Crobach,A.F. Voor in 't holt,Cornelis W. Knetsch,S. M. van Dorp,W. Bras,Celine Harmanus,Ed J. Kuijper,Margreet C. Vos

Research noteAn outbreak of Clostridium difficile infections due to new PCR ribotype 826: epidemiologic and microbiologic analyses☆

2017

M.J.T. Crobach
A.F. Voor in 't holt
Cornelis W. Knetsch
S. M. van Dorp
W. Bras
Celine Harmanus
Ed J. Kuijper
Margreet C. Vos

Objectives To investigate an unusual outbreak of five patients with a total of eight episodes of a Clostridium difficile infection on a gastrointestinal surgical ward of a Dutch tertiary-care, university-affiliated hospital.

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Infection control
Virology
Epidemiology
Clostridium difficile infections
Biology
clostridium difficile
Microbiology
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