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787. Evaluation of Clostridioides difficile Environmental Contamination Surrounding C. difficile Patients vs. non-C. difficile Patients in Outpatient Infusion Centers

BACKGROUND: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of healthcare-associated infection. CDI and non-CDI patients (pts) are often treated at the same time in outpatient infusion centers (OICs). This proximity may allow horizontal transfer of spores. However, C. difficile (C....

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Autores principales: Garey, Kevin W, Hengel, Richard L, Ritter, Timothy E, Nathan, Ramesh V, Schroeder, Claudia P, da Costa, Gabriela L Pedro, Lancaster, Christopher K, Obi, Engels N, Van Anglen, Lucinda J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7778210/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.977