Isolation of C. difficile Carriers Alone and as Part of a Bundle Approach for the Prevention of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI): A Mathematical Model Based on Clinical Study Data

Clostridium difficile infection is the most common hospital-acquired infection. Besides infected patients, carriers have emerged as a key player in C. difficile epidemiology. In this study, we evaluated the impact of identifying and isolating carriers upon hospital admission on the incidence of CDI...

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Autores principales: Grigoras, Christos A., Zervou, Fainareti N., Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Siettos, Constantinos I., Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27258068
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156577

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