First isolation and report of clusters of Clostridium difficile PCR 027 cases in Ireland

S Long; L Fenelon; S Fitzgerald; N Nolan; K Burns; M Hannan; L Kyne; S Fanning; D Drudy

doi:10.2807/esw.12.17.03183-en

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First isolation and report of clusters of Clostridium difficile PCR 027 cases in Ireland
S Long , L Fenelon , S Fitzgerald , N Nolan , K Burns , M Hannan , L Kyne , S Fanning , D Drudy
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Citation style for this article: Long S, Fenelon L, Fitzgerald S, Nolan N, Burns K, Hannan M, Kyne L, Fanning S, Drudy D. First isolation and report of clusters of Clostridium difficile PCR 027 cases in Ireland. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(17):pii=3183. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.12.17.03183-en

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We report the first documentation of C. difficile 027 in Ireland from a patient with diarrhoea transferred from a hospital in the United Kingdom (UK). In addition, we report two clusters of C. difficile ribotype 027 in two hospitals in Ireland.