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- Title
Emergence of Clostridium difficile infection due to a new hypervirulent strain, polymerase chain reaction ribotype 078.
- Authors
Goorhuis, Abraham; Bakker, Dennis; Corver, Jeroen; Debast, Sylvia B; Harmanus, Celine; Notermans, Daan W; Bergwerff, Aldert A; Dekker, Frido W; Kuijper, Ed J
- Abstract
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.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008, Vol 47, Issue 9, p1162
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/592257