title: Nursing home residence is associated with spread of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in central Italy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: marco.falcone@uniroma1.it.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Iraci
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raponi
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldoni
authors.affiliation: Polo Pontino, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Belvisi
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Delle Rose
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Santino
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Murri
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fantoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Carfagna
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanguinetti
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fontana
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farcomeni
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tiseo
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aceti
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cauda
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vullo
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Polo Pontino, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mastroianni
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Andreoni
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009735:Nursing Homes; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D021521:Ribotyping; D012307:Risk Factors