In this invited short paper authors describe the drawbacks of overuse of 'hypervirulence' and focusing on only some of PCR ribotypes. Outbreaks and severe cases can be associated with many different ribotypes and their distribution is geographicaly diverse.
F.01 Acquisition of new practical knowledge, information and skills
COBISS.SI-ID: 16762134In this invited lecture at the national meeting the authors (members of the project group from two different institutions) have described current understanding of C. difficile transmissions between humans and animals and its importance. Additionally, the overview of research in Slovenia on this topic was given.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 3606650All four co-authors on this paper are members of project consortium from four different research organizations. This is a published invited lecture at national meeting Banicevi dnevi (topic: Health care associated infections) and has covered results on several studies included in this project.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 4849471To raise the awareness of CDI in Slovenia have several members of project consortium organized educational national meeting (Rupnik, Kotnik-Kevorkijan, Lejko Zupanc - members of Organizing Committee and speakers; Janežič, Beigot, Zidarič - meeting administration and secretariat). There were 70 participants from hospitals, general practices, and diagnostic laboratories.
F.03 Increased qualifications of the research and development staff
COBISS.SI-ID: 16908566PCR ribotyping was modified to allow direct detection of Clostridium difficile from stool samples. Direct PCR ribotyping was possible in 86 out of 99 C. difficile-positive stool samples, and in 84 cases (84.8%), the ribotype determined directly from the stool sample was identical to the ribotype of the strain isolated from the same stool sample.
F.22 Improvement to existing health/diagnostic methods/procedures
COBISS.SI-ID: 512133688