[First detection of human astrovirus in gastroenteritis outbreak in Hungary].

Unlabelled: Human astroviruses are one of the known pathogens of gastroenteritis in infants, children and rarely in elderly. It causes 4.2-7.

Assessment of changes in the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile isolated from diarrheal patients in Hungary.

150 Clostridium difficile strains isolated from diarrheal feces were collected from three parts of Hungary and the presence of genes responsible for toxin A and B, and binary toxin production were examined. MIC distribution against clindamycin, erythromycin, metronidazole, moxifloxacin and rifampin of 80 toxigenic strains selected from the above-mentioned strains and 20 large clostridial toxins (LCTs)-positive strains chosen from our earlier strain collection were determined. 80% of the examined 150 strains were positive for both tcdA and tcdB, and no toxin A-negative, toxin B-positive isolates were found during the study period.