Are Many Patients Diagnosed With Healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile Infections Colonized With the Infecting Strain on Admission?
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
In a cohort of 480 patients admitted to an acute care hospital, 68 (14%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic Clostridioides difficile on admission. Of the 11 patients (2%) diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infections, 3 (27%) had genetically related admission and infection isolates, based on whole-genome sequencing.
Medical subject headings
- Carrier State
- Clostridioides difficile
- Clostridium Infections
- Cross Infection