Ilana T Balassiano, Joaquim dos Santos-Filho, Juliana M Vital-Brazil, Simone A Nouér, Claudia R C Souza, Jon S Brazier, Eliane de O Ferreira, Regina M C P Domingues
Clostridium difficile is an important nosocomial enteric pathogen and is the etiological agent of pseudomembranous colites. Recently, the rates of C. difficile infection (CDI) have increased worldwide, but in Brazil few data about this situation and the incidence of clonal types of C. difficile exist. This study aimed to isolate and characterize C. difficile strains from samples obtained of a university hospital (HUCFF) in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil. CDI was identified by ELISA in 27.1% of HUCFF-in-patients enrolled in the study, and the bacterium was recovered from eight of these fecal samples...
February 2011: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek