[First Danish case of Clostridium difficile ribotype 027].

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Address: Statens Serum Institut, Afdeling for Bakteriologi, Mykologi og Parasitologi, DK-2300 København S.
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Increasing rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) with an unusual, severe course have been reported in Canada, USA and several European countries since 2003. A new virulent strain, PCR ribotype 027 (CD027), is associated with this increase. We report the First Danish case of CDAD caused by CD027. A 85-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. Following treatment initially with penicillin, secondly with moxifloxacin she developed bloody diarrhoea. A stool specimen showed CD027. She was treated with metronidazol for ten days and recovered completely.

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