Characterisation of Clostridium difficile Hospital Ward–Based Transmission Using Extensive Epidemiological Data and Molecular Typing

Characterisation of Clostridium difficile Hospital Ward–Based Transmission Using Extensive Epidemiological Data and Molecular Typing

A population-based study in Oxfordshire (UK) hospitals by Sarah Walker and colleagues finds that in an endemic setting with good infection control, ward-based contact cannot account for most new cases of Clostridium difficile infection.

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Main Authors: Walker, A. Sarah, Eyre, David W., Wyllie, David H., Dingle, Kate E., Harding, Rosalind M., O'Connor, Lily, Griffiths, David, Vaughan, Ali, Finney, John, Wilcox, Mark H., Crook, Derrick W., Peto, Tim E. A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274560/

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274560/

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