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 Quebec

Abstract

This study helped to quantify the impact of strain NAP1 on the incidence and severity of C. difficile-associated disease in Québec in 2005. The identification of the geographic dissemination of this predominant strain may help to focus regional infection-control efforts.