Comparison of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes in healthcare and community setting

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Authors	PLEVOVÁ Kristina HODOVÁ Silvie HANSLIANOVÁ Markéta LENGEROVÁ Martina
Year of publication	2019
Type	Conference abstract
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
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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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