Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

To determine whether a multihospital Clostridium difficile outbreak was associated with epidemic strains and whether use of particular fluoroquinolones was associated with increased infection rates, we cultured feces from C. difficile–infected patients. Use of fluoroquionolones with enhanced antiana...

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Autores principales: Jump, Robin L.P., Riggs, Michelle M., Sethi, Ajay K., Pultz, Michael J., Ellis-Reid, Tracie, Riebel, William, Gerding, Dale N., Salata, Robert A., Donskey, Curtis J.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.071606
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author Jump, Robin L.P.
Riggs, Michelle M.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Pultz, Michael J.
Ellis-Reid, Tracie
Riebel, William
Gerding, Dale N.
Salata, Robert A.
Donskey, Curtis J.
author_facet Jump, Robin L.P.
Riggs, Michelle M.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Pultz, Michael J.
Ellis-Reid, Tracie
Riebel, William
Gerding, Dale N.
Salata, Robert A.
Donskey, Curtis J.
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description To determine whether a multihospital Clostridium difficile outbreak was associated with epidemic strains and whether use of particular fluoroquinolones was associated with increased infection rates, we cultured feces from C. difficile–infected patients. Use of fluoroquionolones with enhanced antianaerobic activity was not associated with increased infection rates.
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spelling pubmed-29539782010-10-19 Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Jump, Robin L.P. Riggs, Michelle M. Sethi, Ajay K. Pultz, Michael J. Ellis-Reid, Tracie Riebel, William Gerding, Dale N. Salata, Robert A. Donskey, Curtis J. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch To determine whether a multihospital Clostridium difficile outbreak was associated with epidemic strains and whether use of particular fluoroquinolones was associated with increased infection rates, we cultured feces from C. difficile–infected patients. Use of fluoroquionolones with enhanced antianaerobic activity was not associated with increased infection rates. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-05 /pmc/articles/PMC2953978/ /pubmed/20409374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.071606 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
Jump, Robin L.P.
Riggs, Michelle M.
Sethi, Ajay K.
Pultz, Michael J.
Ellis-Reid, Tracie
Riebel, William
Gerding, Dale N.
Salata, Robert A.
Donskey, Curtis J.
Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title_full Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title_fullStr Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title_full_unstemmed Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title_short Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
title_sort multihospital outbreak of clostridium difficile infection, cleveland, ohio, usa
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20409374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1605.071606
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