First confirmed cases of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Norway

A Ingebretsen; G Hansen; C Harmanus; E J Kuijper

doi:10.2807/ese.13.02.08011-en

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First confirmed cases of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Norway
A Ingebretsen^1,2 , G Hansen³ , C Harmanus⁴ , E J Kuijper⁴
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Affiliations: ¹ Department of Infection Prevention, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway ² Institute of Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway ³ Department of Microbiology, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway ⁴ Department of Medical Microbiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands

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andre.ingebretsen rikshospitalet.no
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Citation style for this article: Ingebretsen A, Hansen G, Harmanus C, Kuijper E J. First confirmed cases of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Norway. Euro Surveill. 2008;13(2):pii=8011. https://doi.org/10.2807/ese.13.02.08011-en

Abstract

Since 2003, the emergence and distribution of a hypervirulent strain of Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 has been described in North America, Japan and several European countries [1-6]. In December 2007, C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 was found in two cases of C. difficile-associated disease treated in a hospital in Oslo, Norway.