The epidemiology and typing of Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile is normally a harmless environmental bacterium but, under certain circumstances, it can cause hospital outbreaks of disease. To understand the disease epidemiology, outbreaks have been investigated by many different methods. The phenotypic and genotypic approaches to typing are...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 1998-05, Vol.41 Suppl C (suppl 3), p.47-57
1. Verfasser:	Brazier, J S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Clostridium difficile - classification Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - microbiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - epidemiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - microbiology Humans United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	Clostridium difficile is normally a harmless environmental bacterium but, under certain circumstances, it can cause hospital outbreaks of disease. To understand the disease epidemiology, outbreaks have been investigated by many different methods. The phenotypic and genotypic approaches to typing are reviewed here and the epidemiology of C. difficile-associated disease is elucidated in light of recent information.
ISSN:	0305-7453 1460-2091
DOI:	10.1093/jac/41.suppl_3.47