Hypervirulent Clostridium difficile strains in hospitalized patients, Canada.

ABSTRACT: To determine the incidence rate of infections with North American pulsed-field types 7 and 8 (NAP7/NAP8) strains of Clostrodium difficile, ribotype 078, and toxinotype V strains, we examined data collected for the Canadian Nosocomial Infections Surveillance Program (CNISP) CDI surveillance project during 2004-2008. Incidence of human infections increased from 0.5% in 2004/2005 to 1.6% in 2008.

SUBMITTER: Mulvey MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3321949 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature