TY - JOUR AU - Tschudin-Sutter, Sarah PY - 2014/09/07 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile for clinical practice JF - Swiss Medical Weekly JA - Swiss Med Wkly VL - 144 IS - 3536 SE - Review article: Biomedical intelligence DO - 10.4414/smw.2014.13995 UR - https://smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/1903 SP - w13995 AB - <p><p>During the last decade, the world has witnessed numerous outbreaks of <em>Clostridium difficile</em> infections (CDI) in healthcare settings. Increasing incidence rates of CDI have been mainly attributed to the successful global spread of a more virulent strain of <em>C. difficile</em> – namely PCR-ribotype 027. More recent studies, however, point to the emergence of other ribotypes as the main cause of the continuing epidemic. This review summarises the current literature on the molecular epidemiology of <em>C. difficile</em> as well as its implications for clinical practice.</p></p> ER -