title: Confirmed cases and report of clusters of severe infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Germany.
authors.affiliation: Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany. kleinkaufn@rki.de
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kleinkauf
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Eckmanns
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bornhofen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Küehnen
authors.forename: H-P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Weil
authors.forename: H
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authors.lastname: Michels
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011159:Population Surveillance; D021521:Ribotyping / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors