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Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile Strains in Hospitalized Patients, Canada1

2010; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 16; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1604.091152

1080-6059

Michael R. Mulvey, David A. Boyd, Denise Gravel, Jim Hutchinson, Sharon Kelly, Allison McGeer, Dorothy Moore, Andrew E. Simor, Kathryn N. Suh, Geoff Taylor, J. Scott Weese, Mark A. Miller,

Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

To determine the incidence rate of infections with North American pulsed-field types 7 and 8 (NAP7/NAP8) strains of Clostrodium difficile, ribotype 078, and toxinotype V strains, we examined data collected for the Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program (CNISP) CDI surveillance project during 2004-2008. Incidence of human infections increased from 0.5% in 2004/2005 to 1.6% in 2008.