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Distinguishing Clostridium difficile Recurrence From Reinfection: Independent Validation of Current Recommendations.

Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Aug 2017

Durovic Ana, Widmer Andreas F, Frei Reno, Tschudin-Sutter Sarah

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OBJECTIVE Distinguishing recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), defined as CDI caused by the same genotype, from reinfection with a different genotype, has important implications for surveillance and clinical trials investigating treatment effectiveness. We validated the proposed 8-week period for distinguishing "same genotype CDI" from "different genotype CDI," and we aimed to identify clinical...

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Aged
Clostridioides difficile
Cross Infection
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Female
Genotype
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Recurrence

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PMID: 28592348
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.119

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