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Risk Factors Related to a Hospital-Associated Cluster of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027 Infections in Germany During 2007

INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (2009)

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INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

卷 30, 期 3, 页码 282-284

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS

DOI: 10.1086/594367

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In 2007, Clostridium difficile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027 emerged in Germany. We conducted a hospital-based case-control study to identify specific risk factors for infection with this strain. Logistic regression analysis involving 15 case patients and 31 control patients revealed that exposure to fluoroquinolones ( matched odds ratio, 36.2; P < .01) or cephalosporins (matched odds 19.1; P < .01) was independently related to C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 infection.

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