An Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 Associated with Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit and Use of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: A Case Control Study.

An Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027 Associated with Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit and Use of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract: A Case Control Study.

An outbreak of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infection (CDI) occurred at an university hospital, involving 19 departments. To determine what hospital-associated factors drove the outbreak of this particular strain we performed a case-control study.Cases (n = 79), diagnosed with CDI due to C. di...

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Main Authors: Yvette H van Beurden, Olaf M Dekkers, Marije K Bomers, Annie M Kaiser, Robin van Houdt, Cornelis W Knetsch, Armand R J Girbes, Chris J J Mulder, Christina M J E Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4988663?pdf=render

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