Nosocomial and non-nosocomial Clostridium difficile infections in hospitalised patients in Belgium - compulsory surveillance data from 2008 to 2010
| Autor: | M L Lambert, N Viseur, Michel Delmée, Boudewijn Catry, J. Van Broeck |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Surveillance data genetic structures Epidemiology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Pseudomembranous colitis Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile infections Virology Hospital admission Medicine Population study business Nursing homes |
| Zdroj: | Eurosurveillance. 16 |
| ISSN: | 1560-7917 |
| DOI: | 10.2807/ese.16.43.20000-en |
| Popis: | Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is compulsory in Belgian hospitals. Our objectives were to compare incidence and case characteristics of nosocomial infections (Nc-CDI) with onset of diarrhoea more than two days after hospital admission, with non-nosocomial cases (Nnc-CDI). The database included inpatients from 2008 to 2010. Of 8,351 cases reported by 150 hospitals, 3,102 (37%) were classified as Nnc-CDI and 5,249 (63%) as Nc-CDI. In 2010, the mean incidence per 1,000 admissions was 0.95 for Nc-CDI and 0.56 for Nnc-CDI. Both incidences were relatively stable over the three years, with a slight decrease in 2010 (p |
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