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703. Prevalence of Toxigenic and Non-Toxigenic C. difficile in Patients Admitted to an Academic-Affiliated Long Term Acute Care Hospital

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is the leading hospital associated infection and is highly prevalent among patients admitted to long term care facilities (LTCFs). Both toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains of C. difficile colonize patients and produce spores that can persist on hea...

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Autores principales: Strudwick, Amanda F, Suchindran, Deepti, Lohsen, Sarah, Clark, Barry, Whatley, Jeffery D, Triolo, Bella, Evans, David, Liakakos, Haley, Alperstein, Jack, Page, Alex, Satola, Sarah W, Acharya, Adhikar, Grooms, Lori A, Babiker, Ahmed, Woodworth, Michael H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10679204/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad500.765