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

BACKGROUND: 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. METHODS: Cases (n = 79), diagnosed...

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Autores principales: van Beurden, Yvette H., Dekkers, Olaf M., Bomers, Marije K., Kaiser, Annie M., van Houdt, Robin, Knetsch, Cornelis W., Girbes, Armand R. J., Mulder, Chris J. J., Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Christina M. J. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160778

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27533048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160778

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