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.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Canada / epidemiology
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Clostridioides difficile / genetics
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Clostridioides difficile / pathogenicity*
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Cross Infection / epidemiology
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Cross Infection / microbiology*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology
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Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
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Female
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Genes, Bacterial / genetics
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Humans
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Incidence
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Population Surveillance
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Ribotyping
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Sequence Analysis, DNA