Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in a major chinese hospital: an underrecognized problem in Asia?

PM Hawkey, C Marriott, WE Liu, ZJ Jian… - Journal of clinical …, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clostridium difficile infection is almost unrecognized in mainland China. We have
undertaken a study in a large Chinese teaching hospital in Changsha, Hunan, China, to …

Clostridium difficile infections in a Shanghai hospital: antimicrobial resistance, toxin profiles and ribotypes

H Huang, S Wu, M Wang, Y Zhang, H Fang… - International journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
The incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has risen markedly since 2003, however
data from China are limited. A 1-year study was conducted at the University Hospital …

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in two tertiary care hospitals in Shandong Province, China

Y Luo, W Zhang, JW Cheng, M Xiao… - Infection and Drug …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have markedly
increased over the past decade. However, there is very limited epidemiological data on CDI …

Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized adults and the first isolation of C. difficile PCR ribotype 027 in central China

Y Zhou, L Mao, J Yu, Q Lin, Y Luo, X Zhu, Z Sun - BMC infectious diseases, 2019 - Springer
Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an emerging healthcare problem in the
world. The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic epidemiological research of …

A retrospective study of the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection at a University Hospital in Japan: genotypic features of the isolates and clinical characteristics …

Y Iwashima, A Nakamura, R Ueda, H Kato… - Journal of Infection and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Clostridium difficile is a major cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and frequently results
in healthcare-associated infections. The epidemiology of C. difficile infection (CDI), including …

Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized patients in eastern China

D Jin, Y Luo, C Huang, J Cai, J Ye… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Few studies on risk factors for and transmission of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in
China have been reported. A cross-sectional study was conducted for 3 years in eastern …

Molecular analysis of Clostridium difficile at a university teaching hospital in Japan: a shift in the predominant type over a five-year period

E Sawabe, H Kato, K Osawa, T Chida, N Tojo… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Clostridium difficile isolates recovered from patients admitted to a teaching hospital in Japan
over a 5-year period were analyzed. Two molecular typing systems, PCR ribotyping and …

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of human Clostridium difficile isolates from a single institution in Northern China

B Wang, Z Lv, P Zhang, J Su - Medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of h... : Medicine Molecular
epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of human Clostridium difficile isolates from a single …

A national survey of the molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile in Israel: the dissemination of the ribotype 027 strain with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin …

A Adler, T Miller-Roll, R Bradenstein, C Block… - … and infectious disease, 2015 - Elsevier
Our goals were to study the molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibilities of C.
difficile strains in Israel. Microbiology laboratories serving 6 general hospitals (GH) and 10 …

Characteristics of Clostridium difficile isolates and the burden of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection in a tertiary teaching hospital in Chongqing …

W Dai, T Yang, L Yan, S Niu, C Zhang, J Sun… - BMC Infectious …, 2020 - Springer
Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), especially hospital-acquired Clostridium
difficile infection (HA-CDI), continues to be a public health problem and has aroused great …