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The potential for airborne dispersal of Clostridium difficile from symptomatic patients.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Jun 2010

Best Emma L, Fawley Warren N, Parnell Peter, Wilcox Mark H

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BACKGROUND. The high transmissibility and widespread environmental contamination by Clostridium difficile suggests the possibility of airborne dissemination of spores. We measured airborne and environmental C. difficile adjacent to patients with symptomatic C. difficile infection (CDI). METHODS. We conducted air sampling adjacent to 63 patients with CDI for 180 h in total and for 101 h in control settings....

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PMID: 20415567
DOI: 10.1086/652648

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