Nursing home residence is associated with spread of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 in central Italy

J Hosp Infect. 2016 Oct;94(2):201-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.06.024. Epub 2016 Jul 30.

¹ Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: marco.falcone@uniroma1.it.
² Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
³ Polo Pontino, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Latina, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
⁵ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Infectious Diseases, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni, Rome, Italy.
⁸ Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
⁹ Microbiology Section, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
¹¹ Infectious Diseases Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Sant'Andrea, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹² Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy; Polo Pontino, Ospedale Santa Maria Goretti, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Latina, Italy.

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