Confirmed cases and report of clusters of severe infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Germany

Euro Surveill. 2007 Nov 15;12(11):E071115.2. doi: 10.2807/esw.12.46.03307-en.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Disease Notification / statistics & numerical data
  • Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / diagnosis*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Germany / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / statistics & numerical data
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Ribotyping / statistics & numerical data
  • Risk Assessment / methods*
  • Risk Factors