Article
Wide diversity of Clostridium difficile types at a tertiary referral hospital.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Sept 1994
Samore M H, Bettin K M, DeGirolami P C, Clabots C R, Gerding D N, Karchmer A W
Abstract excerpt
Nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection was investigated at a hospital with 15 cases of C. difficile diarrhea per 1000 discharges. From January 1991 to May 1991, patients admitted or transferred to five wards or units had weekly rectal swabs taken for culture; in addition, all cytotoxin-positive stools were cultured. Restriction enzyme analysis (REA) was used for molecular typing. Among 205 isolates from 39...
Topics
- Aged
- Clostridioides difficile
- Cluster Analysis
- Cross Infection
- DNA, Bacterial
- Deoxyribonuclease HindIII
- Diarrhea
- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- Feces
- Female
- Genetic Variation