title: Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: van den Hof
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Kooi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kuijper
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Notermans
mesh_terms: 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