title: Outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection in an English hospital linked to hypertoxin-producing strains in Canada and the US.
authors.affiliation: Thames Valley Health Protection Unit, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. alyson.smith@bssmail.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Alyson
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006761:Hospitals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013045:Species Specificity; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins