caa a22 4500 606155392 CHVBK 20210128100603.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10096-014-2204-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10096-014-2204-x First Polish outbreak of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027 infections among dialysis patients [Elektronische Daten] [D. Lachowicz, G. Szulencka, P. Obuch-Woszczatyński, A. van Belkum, H. Pituch] This report describes an outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in a nephrology ward in 2012, caused by the fluoroquinolone- and clindamycin-resistant polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ribotype 027 strains. An increase in the number of cases of diarrhoea was noted among patients hospitalised between 26 November 2012 and 17 December 2012 in a hospital in North Poland. Eight patients were on haemodialysis in the outpatient dialysis facility, while one patient was receiving peritoneal dialysis. The 027 strain could be detected in eight haemodialysis patients. One strain, isolated from the patient receiving peritoneal dialysis, belonged to PCR ribotype 001. In this study, we documented the first outbreak of CDI caused by a fluoroquinolone-resistant (FQR) C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 strain in Polish dialysis patients. The Author(s), 2014 Lachowicz D. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut Szulencka G. Department of Medical Microbiology, Provincial Hospital, Włocławek, Poland aut Obuch-Woszczatyński P. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut van Belkum A. bioMérieux R&D Microbiology, La Balme Les Grottes, France aut Pituch H. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/1(2015-01-01), 63-67 0934-9723 34:1<63 2015 34 10096 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-014-2204-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-014-2204-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lachowicz D. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Szulencka G. Department of Medical Microbiology, Provincial Hospital, Włocławek, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Obuch-Woszczatyński P. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Belkum A. bioMérieux R&D Microbiology, La Balme Les Grottes, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pituch H. Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Warsaw, 5 Chałubiński Street, 02-004, Warsaw, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases Springer Berlin Heidelberg 34/1(2015-01-01), 63-67 0934-9723 34:1<63 2015 34 10096