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Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions?
BACKGROUND: Many patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continue to shed spores asymptomatically after completion of CDI therapy. However, the duration of shedding and the potential for transmission during subsequent healthcare exposures is unknown. METHODS: During a 6-month period, we...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630840/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1004 |
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author | Gonzalez-Orta, Melany Saldana, Carlos Cadnum, Jennifer Donskey, Curtis J |
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description | BACKGROUND: Many patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continue to shed spores asymptomatically after completion of CDI therapy. However, the duration of shedding and the potential for transmission during subsequent healthcare exposures is unknown. METHODS: During a 6-month period, we collected perirectal, groin, and skin (chest/abdomen and hands) cultures for toxigenic C. difficile from patients with a prior history of CDI who were admitted to the hospital. We calculated the frequencies of perirectal and skin shedding of C. difficile at the time of admission, stratified by the time since the prior CDI diagnosis. RESULTS: Of 28 patients with a prior history of CDI enrolled in the study, 10 (36%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic C. difficile upon admission, and 6 of 10 (60%) had positive skin cultures. The figure shows the percentages of CDI cases with positive perirectal, groin, or skin cultures, stratified by the time since the prior CDI diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Patients with prior CDI often shed spores asymptomatically during hospital admissions. Further studies are needed to determine whether these carriers contribute significantly to transmission. DISCLOSURES: All authors: No reported disclosures. |
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spelling | pubmed-56308402017-11-07 Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? Gonzalez-Orta, Melany Saldana, Carlos Cadnum, Jennifer Donskey, Curtis J Open Forum Infect Dis Abstracts BACKGROUND: Many patients with Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continue to shed spores asymptomatically after completion of CDI therapy. However, the duration of shedding and the potential for transmission during subsequent healthcare exposures is unknown. METHODS: During a 6-month period, we collected perirectal, groin, and skin (chest/abdomen and hands) cultures for toxigenic C. difficile from patients with a prior history of CDI who were admitted to the hospital. We calculated the frequencies of perirectal and skin shedding of C. difficile at the time of admission, stratified by the time since the prior CDI diagnosis. RESULTS: Of 28 patients with a prior history of CDI enrolled in the study, 10 (36%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic C. difficile upon admission, and 6 of 10 (60%) had positive skin cultures. The figure shows the percentages of CDI cases with positive perirectal, groin, or skin cultures, stratified by the time since the prior CDI diagnosis. CONCLUSION: Patients with prior CDI often shed spores asymptomatically during hospital admissions. Further studies are needed to determine whether these carriers contribute significantly to transmission. DISCLOSURES: All authors: No reported disclosures. Oxford University Press 2017-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5630840/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1004 Text en © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Gonzalez-Orta, Melany Saldana, Carlos Cadnum, Jennifer Donskey, Curtis J Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title | Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title_full | Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title_fullStr | Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title_full_unstemmed | Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title_short | Are Patients with Prior Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) a Potential Source of Transmission during Hospital Admissions? |
title_sort | are patients with prior clostridium difficile infection (cdi) a potential source of transmission during hospital admissions? |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5630840/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1004 |
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