First isolation and report of clusters of Clostridium difficile PCR 027 cases in Ireland

Euro Surveill. 2007 Apr 26;12(4):E070426.3. doi: 10.2807/esw.12.17.03183-en.

Authors

S Long¹, L Fenelon, S Fitzgerald, N Nolan, K Burns, M Hannan, L Kyne, S Fanning, D Drudy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.

PMID: 17868610
DOI: 10.2807/esw.12.17.03183-en

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Clostridioides difficile / classification*
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
Humans
Incidence
Ireland / epidemiology
Male
Population Surveillance*
Risk Assessment / methods*
Risk Factors
Species Specificity