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Case Reports
. 2014 Dec:30:153-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2014.09.020. Epub 2014 Oct 7.

A case of imported Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027 infection within the Czech Republic which has a high prevalence of C. difficile ribotype 176

Marcela Krutova  1 , Otakar Nyc  2 , Ed J Kuijper  3 , Lenka Geigerova  4 , Jana Matejkova  2 , Tamara Bergerova  4 , Mardjan Arvand  5
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A case of imported Clostridium difficile PCR-ribotype 027 infection within the Czech Republic which has a high prevalence of C. difficile ribotype 176

Marcela Krutova et al. Anaerobe. 2014 Dec.

Abstract

The first case of Clostridium difficile RT027 infection in the Czech Republic (CZ) was identified. The patient had been hospitalised in Germany prior to moving to CZ. Multiple-Locus Variable number tandem repeat Analysis revealed a genetic relatedness between the patient's isolate and RT027 isolate collected in the German hospital.

Keywords: C. difficile infection; Capillary electrophoresis; Clostridium difficile; MLVA; PCR ribotype 027; PCR ribotype 176.

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