Contamination of the Hospital Environment from Potential Clostridium difficile Excretors Without Active Infection

Jason Biswas; Amita Patel; Jonathan A. Otter; Esther Van Kleef; Simon D. Goldenberg

doi:10.1017/ice.2015.79

Contamination of the Hospital Environment from Potential Clostridium difficile Excretors Without Active Infection

Jason Biswas
, Amita Patel
, Jonathan A. Otter
, Esther Van Kleef
, Simon D. Goldenberg

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
UK Health Security Agency

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Abstract

Clostridium difficile was recovered from 33 (34%) of 98 rooms of patients who were excretors compared with 36 (49%) of 73 rooms of patients with active infection. Not all laboratory algorithms can distinguish between these 2 groups, yet both may be a significant source for ongoing transmission.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	975-977
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
Volume	36
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2015.79
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Externally published	Yes

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