Evidence of transmission of Clostridium difficile in asymptomatic patients following admission screening in a tertiary care hospital

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile (CD) is the leading cause of infectious health-care associated diarrhea. However, little is known regarding CD carriage and transmission amongst asymptomatic colonizers. We evaluated carriage, characterized strains and examined epidemiologic linkages in asymptomatic...

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Autores principales: Sheth, Prameet M., Douchant, Katya, Uyanwune, Yvonne, Larocque, Michael, Anantharajah, Arravinth, Borgundvaag, Emily, Dales, Lorraine, McCreight, Liz, McNaught, Laura, Moore, Christine, Ragan, Kelsey, McGeer, Allison, Broukhanski, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30742636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207138

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6370182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30742636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207138

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