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First cluster of clindamycin-resistant Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 in Switzerland L. Fenner, A.F. Widmer, A. Stranden, M. Conzelmann, A. Goorhuis, C. Harmanus, E.J. Kuijper, R. Frei Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 514-515 (May 2008) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01989.x Copyright © 2008 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Incidence of laboratory-documented Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) with positive stool toxin or positive stool culture/1000 patient-days at a geriatric hospital (above), and cases of CDAD caused by clindamycin-resistant C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 isolates at University Hospital Basel and the geriatric hospital between July 2006 and August 2007 (below). Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2008 14, 514-515DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.01989.x) Copyright © 2008 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions