Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited.
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Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment), The Netherlands. susan.van.den.hof@rivm.nl
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van den Berg
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Kuijper
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Notermans
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D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D021521:Ribotyping; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors