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<i>Clostridium difficile</i>Ribotype 027, Toxinotype III, the Netherlands

Ed J. Kuijper, Renate J. van den Berg, S. B. Debast, Caroline E. Visser, Dick Veenendaal, Annet Troelstra, Tjallie van der Kooi, Susan van den Hof, Daan W. Notermans

Emerging infectious diseases · 2006 · 140 citations · 15 references

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Outbreaks due to Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027, toxinotype III, were detected in 7 hospitals in the Netherlands from April 2005 to February 2006. One hospital experienced at the same time a second outbreak due to a toxin A-negative C. difficile PCR ribotype 017 toxinotype VIII strain. The outbreaks are difficult to control.

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