Contamination of the hospital environment from potential Clostridium difficile excretors without active infection

Jason S Biswas; Amita Patel; Jonathan A Otter; Esther van Kleef; Simon D Goldenberg

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.79

Contamination of the hospital environment from potential Clostridium difficile excretors without active infection

Jason S Biswas, Amita Patel, Jonathan A Otter, Esther van Kleef, Simon D Goldenberg

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Clostridium difficile was recovered from 33 (34%) of 98 rooms of patients who were excretors compared with 36 (49%) of 73 rooms of patients with active infection. Not all laboratory algorithms can distinguish between these 2 groups, yet both may be a significant source for ongoing transmission.

Original language	English
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	975-977
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0899-823X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.79
Publication status	Published - 2015

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacterial Proteins/genetics
Bacterial Toxins/genetics
Carrier State/microbiology
Clostridioides difficile/genetics
Diarrhea/microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous/microbiology
Enterotoxins/genetics
Equipment Contamination
Feces/microbiology
Female
Fomites/microbiology
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patients' Rooms
Young Adult

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Contamination of the hospital environment from potential Clostridium difficile excretors without active infection

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