Nursing home residence is associated with spread of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in central Italy

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Oct;94(2):201-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.024. Epub 2016 Jul 30.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Molecular Epidemiology
  • Nursing Homes*
  • Prevalence
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Ribotyping*
  • Risk Factors