The third Clostridium difficile NAP/BI/027 strain outbreak in Mexico

UK launches inquiry into Clostridium difficile outbreak.

Infection of hamsters with the UK Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 outbreak strain R20291

Clostridium difficile is the main cause of antibiotic-associated disease, a disease of high socio-economical importance that has recently been compounded by the global spread of the 027 (BI/NAP1/027) ribotype. C. difficile cases attributed to ribotype 027 strains have high recurrence rates (up to 36 %) and increased disease severity. The hamster model of infection is widely accepted as an appro...

A hospital outbreak of diarrhea due to an emerging epidemic strain of Clostridium difficile.

BACKGROUND Increased Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) in a hospital and an affiliated long-term care facility continued despite infection control measures. We investigated this outbreak to determine risk factors and transmission settings. METHODS The CDAD cases were compared according to where the disease was likely acquired based on health care exposure and characterization of...

Clostridium difficile 027 emerging outbreak in Marseille, France.

performed at the research laboratory (Director, Marcus Zervos, MD, PhD) of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and the research laboratory of Medical Center Utrecht (Director, Rob Willems, MD, PhD). Potential conflicts of interest. All authors report no conflicts of interest relevant to this article. All authors submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest, a...

Clostridium difficile epidemic outbreak in an oncology unit.

AIMS Contributions to the knowledge of some peculiarities of C. difficile involvement in human pathology, nosocomial infections (NI) included. MATERIAL AND METHODS This clinico-epidemiological and laboratory study included 14 patients admitted to the Medical Clinic of the Iasi Regional Cancer Institute with the diagnosis of C. difficile NI based on detection of toxins A and B in stool samples...