A case of imported Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027 infection within the Czech Republic which has a high prevalence of C-difficile ribotype 176
2014
Abstrakt
The first case of Clostridium difficile RT027 infection in the Czech Republic (CZ) was identified. The patient had been hospitalised in Germany prior to moving to CZ.
Multiple-Locus Variable number tandem repeat Analysis revealed a genetic relatedness between the patient's isolate and RT027 isolate collected in the German hospital.