Incidence and Outbreak of Healthcare-Onset Healthcare-Associated Clostridioides difficile Infections Among Intensive Care Patients in a Large Teaching Hospital in China

Background:Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalized patients. In China, however, hospital staff do not routinely test for CDI, leading to under-diagnosis and poor patient outcomes. Locally generated CDI data can help assess the magn...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Chunhui Li, Yuan Li, Yang Huai, Sidi Liu, Xiujuan Meng, Juping Duan, John D. Klena, Jeanette J. Rainey, Anhua Wu, Carol Y. Rao
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-03-01
Subjects:	Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) incidence outbreak antibiotic associated diarrhea (AAD) global health security
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00566/full