title: Presence of the epidemic North American Pulsed Field type 1 Clostridium difficile strain in hospitalized children.
abstract: A hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile-labeled North American Pulsed Field type 1 causes severe disease in adults. To determine the prevalence of NAP1 C. difficile in children, organisms from consecutive C. difficile toxin-positive stool samples at 2 children's hospitals microbiology laboratories were characterized. We found that 19.4% of these samples were NAP1.
authors.affiliation: Rainbown Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Toltzis
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dul
authors.forename: Joan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zoltanski
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smathers
authors.forename: Theoklis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zaoutis