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Comparison of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes in healthcare and community setting

Authors

PLEVOVÁ Kristina HODOVÁ Silvie HANSLIANOVÁ Markéta LENGEROVÁ Martina

Year of publication 2019
Type Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Description The development of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has been considerably attributed to transmission within healthcarefacilities. Nevertheless, thelatest studies suggest that many hospital-onset CDI cases may becaused by activation of C. difficile coming from thecommunity.Theaim of this study was to comparethe distribution of ribotypes circulating in the hospital with the most prevalent ribotypes in the community to investigatetherelatedness of C. difficile across thesesettings and thesource of acquisition.
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