title: First isolation and report of clusters of Clostridium difficile PCR 027 cases in Ireland.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fenelon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nolan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Burns
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kyne
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fanning
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Drudy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013045:Species Specificity