1. [First Danish case of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027].
- Author
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Søes LM, Brock I, Torpdahl M, Persson S, Christensen KM, Kemp M, and Olsen KE
- Subjects
- Aged, 80 and over, Anti-Infective Agents therapeutic use, Clostridioides difficile genetics, Cross Infection prevention & control, Cross Infection transmission, Diarrhea drug therapy, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous prevention & control, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous transmission, Female, Humans, Infection Control, Ribotyping, Virulence genetics, Clostridioides difficile pathogenicity, Cross Infection microbiology, Diarrhea microbiology, Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous microbiology
- Abstract
Increasing rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) with an unusual, severe course have been reported in Canada, USA and several European countries since 2003. A new virulent strain, PCR ribotype 027 (CD027), is associated with this increase. We report the first Danish case of CDAD caused by CD027. A 85-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Following treatment initially with penicillin, secondly with moxifloxacin she developed bloody diarrhoea. A stool specimen showed CD027. She was treated with metronidazol for ten days and recovered completely.
- Published
- 2009