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Clostridium
New findings reported from A.C. Labbe and co-authors describe advances in clostridium
November 4th, 2008
"Since 2002, an epidemic of Clostridium difficile infections has occurred in southern Quebec, Canada. At Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the incidence of C. difficile infections increased from 11/1,000 admissions (1999 to 2002) to 27/1,000 admissions (2003 to 2005)," scientists writing in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy report. "We compared the exposures and outcomes for patients infected with strains with different ribopatterns isolated before (n = 55) and during (n = 175) the epidemic, as well as the in vitro activities of antibiotics against those isolates. During the preepidemic period, 46 isolates (84%) were of...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-11-04)
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