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

Open Access

15 November 2007

journal article
case report
Published by European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) in Eurosurveillance

Vol. 12 (46) , 3307
https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.46.03307-en

Abstract

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.

Keywords

LOCAL HEALTH
HEALTH AUTHORITIES
SEVERE INFECTIONS
FOUR CASES
WESTERN GERMANY
SEVERE COURSE
INFECTIONS DUE
LATE SEPTEMBER
DIFFICILE PCR
RHINELAND PALATINE

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