Volume 12, Number 5—May 2006
Dispatch
Clostridium difficile Ribotype 027, Toxinotype III, the Netherlands
Table
Characteristics of 9 hospitals with patients with Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea due to PCR ribotype 027, toxinotype III*
Hospital no. and setting | No. beds | Admissions |
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Incidence/ 10,000, before outbreak | Maximum incidence/ mo/10,000, during outbreak† | Date of outbreak onset | Total no. CDAD patients in given period, 2005 | Deaths, 30 d | No. strains studied | No. toxinotype III, PCR ribotype 027 strains | ||
1. Harderwijk | 341 | 4 | 83 | Apr 2005 | 51, Apr–Nov | 3 | 30 | 19 |
2. Amersfoort | 600 | 11 | 87 | May 2005 | 85, Jan–Dec | 19 | 50 | 15 |
3. Utrecht | 1,013 | 16 | – | No outbreak | 37, Jun–Dec | Unk. | 17 | 6 |
4. Nieuwegein | 584 | 11 | – | No outbreak | 13, Jan–Dec | Unk. | 4 | 1 |
5. Amsterdam | 1,002 | 38 | 52 | June 2005 | 68, Jan–Oct | 1 | 28 | 12 |
6. Amsterdam | 310 | 10 | 66 | Apr–May 2005 | 42, Jan–Oct | Unk. | 34 | 16 |
7. Haarlem | 744 | 7 | 27 | 2004 | 66, Jan–Dec | Unk. | 9 | 7 |
8. Hoofddorp | 455 | 3 | 76 | Jan 2005 | 73, Jan–Dec | Unk. | 8 | 8 |
9. Beverwijk | 383 | 4 | 47 | 2002 | 24, Jan–Dec | Unk. | 4 | 3 |
*PCR, polymerase chain reaction; CDAD, Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea; unk., unknown.
†Timeframe 2–4 mo.