Nosocomial transmission of C. difficile in English hospitals from patients with symptomatic infection.

Nosocomial transmission of C. difficile in English hospitals from patients with symptomatic infection.

BACKGROUND:Recent evidence suggests that less than one-quarter of patients with symptomatic nosocomial Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) are linked to other in-patients. However, this evidence was limited to one geographic area. We aimed to investigate the level of symptomatic CDI transmission...

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Main Authors: Esther van Kleef, Antonio Gasparrini, Rebecca Guy, Barry Cookson, Russell Hope, Mark Jit, Julie V Robotham, Sarah R Deeny, W John Edmunds
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4059673?pdf=render

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