Detection and Isolation of Clostridium difficile Asymptomatic Carriers During Clostridium difficile Infection Outbreaks: An Exploratory Study

Autor:	Yves Longtin, Andre Dascal, Jean-François Roussy, Jean Longtin, Bianka Paquet-Bolduc, Vivian G. Loo, Ivan Brukner, Matthew Oughton, Philippe Gervais, Sylvie Trottier
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Microbiology (medical) Isolation (health care) 030501 epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Hospitals University Patient Isolation Feces 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Prevalence Humans Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Qualitative Research Cross Infection Clostridioides difficile business.industry Quebec Outbreak Clostridium difficile Virology Clostridium difficile infections Infectious Diseases Carriage Carrier State Clostridium Infections 0305 other medical science business Disease transmission Asymptomatic carrier
Zdroj:	Clinical Infectious Diseases.
ISSN:	1537-6591 1058-4838
DOI:	10.1093/cid/ciy425
Popis:	During 4 Clostridium difficile infection outbreaks, unit-wide screening of 114 patients led to detection and isolation of 15 (13%) C. difficile asymptomatic carriers. Carriage prevalence varied between outbreaks, from 0% to 29% (P = .004). Isolating carriers was not associated with significantly shorter outbreak durations, compared with historical controls.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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