Clostridium difficile ribotype 027, toxinotype III, the Netherlands.
Outbreaks due to Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027, toxinotype III, were detected in 7 hospitals in the Netherlands from April 2005 to February 2006. One hospital experienced at the same time a second outbreak due to a toxin A-negative C. difficile PCR ribotype 017 toxinotype VIII strain. The outbreaks are difficult to control.
Kuijper
Ed J
EJ
Department of Medical Microbiology, National Reference Library for Clostridium difficile, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands. e.j.kuijper@lumc.nl
van den Berg
Renate J
RJ
Debast
Sylvia
S
Visser
Caroline E
CE
Veenendaal
Dick
D
Troelstra
Annet
A
van der Kooi
Tjallie
T
van den Hof
Susan
S
Notermans
Daan W
DW
D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D021521:Ribotyping
D004768:Enterotoxins