Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in Belgium, 2006

M Delmée; I Ramboer; J Van Broeck; C Suetens

doi:10.2807/esw.11.37.03045-en

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Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in Belgium, 2006
M Delmée , I Ramboer , J Van Broeck , C Suetens
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Citation style for this article: Delmée M, Ramboer I, Van Broeck J, Suetens C. Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile toxinotype III, PCR-ribotype 027 associated disease in Belgium, 2006. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(37):pii=3045. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.11.37.03045-en

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As a result of the reports of outbreaks of diarrhoea due to Clostridium difficile North American Pulse field type 1, PCR ribotype 027, toxinotype III in North America, United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium, two different surveillance systems for C. difficile-associated diarrhoea were set up in Belgium