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- Title
A portrait of the geographic dissemination of the Clostridium difficile North American pulsed-field type 1 strain and the epidemiology of C. difficile-associated disease in Québec.
- Authors
Hubert, Bruno; Loo, Vivian G; Bourgault, Anne-Marie; Poirier, Louise; Dascal, André; Fortin, Elise; Dionne, Marc; Lorange, Manon
- Abstract
An increase in the incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile-associated disease in Québec and the United States has been associated with a hypervirulent strain referred to as North American pulsed-field type 1 (NAP1)/027.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2007, Vol 44, Issue 2, p238
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/510391