Confirmed cases and report of clusters of severe infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Germany

N Kleinkauf; B Weiss; A Jansen; T Eckmanns; B Bornhofen; E Kuehnen; H- P Weil; H Michels

doi:10.2807/esw.12.46.03307-en

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Confirmed cases and report of clusters of severe infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Germany

N Kleinkauf, B Weiss, A Jansen, T Eckmanns, B Bornhofen, E Kuehnen, H- P Weil, H Michels
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Citation style for this article: Kleinkauf N, Weiss B, Jansen A, Eckmanns T, Bornhofen B, Kuehnen E, Weil H- P, Michels H. Confirmed cases and report of clusters of severe infections due to Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Germany. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(46):pii=3307. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.46.03307-en

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In late September 2007, the local health authorities in Trier, Rhineland-Palatine, in south-western Germany, were informed of four cases with a severe course of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) on several wards in a local hospital.