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Emergence of Clostridium difficile Infection Due to a New Hypervirulent Strain, Polymerase Chain Reaction Ribotype 078

2008; Oxford University Press; Volume: 47; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/592257

1537-6591

Abraham Goorhuis, Dennis Bakker, Jeroen Corver, S. B. Debast, Céline Harmanus, Daan W. Notermans, Aldert A. Bergwerff, Friedo W. Dekker, Ed J. Kuijper,

Microscopic Colitis

Background. Since 2005, an increase in the prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) due to polymerase chain reaction ribotype 078 has been noticed in The Netherlands. This strain has also been identified as the predominant strain in pigs and calves.