Clostridium difficile infection in the Republic of Ireland: results of a 1-month national surveillance and ribotyping project, March 2009

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Oct;31(10):1085-7. doi: 10.1086/656376.

Authors

Karen Burns¹, Mairead Skally, Katie Solomon, Louise Scott, Sinead McDermott, Darina O'Flanagan, Seamus Fanning, Lorraine Kyne, Lynda Fenelon, Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Microbiology Laboratory, Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Road, Dublin 9, Ireland. burnskaren@yahoo.co.uk

PMID: 20731596
DOI: 10.1086/656376

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Clostridioides difficile / classification
Clostridioides difficile / genetics*
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
Clostridium Infections / microbiology
Community-Acquired Infections / epidemiology
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology
Cross Infection / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Feces / microbiology
Humans
Ireland / epidemiology
Population Surveillance / methods*
Ribotyping / methods*