Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 outbreaks in the Netherlands: recent surveillance data indicate that outbreaks are not easily controlled but interhospital transmission is limited

Euro Surveill. 2006 Jan 26;11(1):E060126.2. doi: 10.2807/esw.11.04.02882-en.

Authors

S van den Hof¹, T van der Kooi, R van den Berg, E J Kuijper, D W Notermans

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment), The Netherlands. [email protected]

PMID: 16801713
DOI: 10.2807/esw.11.04.02882-en

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / classification
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
Communicable Disease Control / methods*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / prevention & control*
Cross Infection / transmission
Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Dysentery / epidemiology*
Dysentery / prevention & control*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Humans
Incidence
Netherlands / epidemiology
Population Surveillance
Ribotyping
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Factors