Presence of the epidemic North American Pulsed Field type 1 Clostridium difficile strain in hospitalized children.
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.
Toltzis
Philip
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Rainbown Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Kim
Jason
J
Dul
Michael
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Zoltanski
Joan
J
Smathers
Sarah
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Zaoutis
Theoklis
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