Laboratory-acquired clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction ribotype 027: a new risk for laboratory workers?

Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Dec 1;47(11):1493-4. doi: 10.1086/593109.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification*
  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology*
  • Female
  • Health Personnel
  • Humans
  • Laboratories
  • Occupational Diseases / microbiology*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Pregnant Women
  • Ribotyping*