C Diff Transmission

We found that stethoscope diaphragm barriers provide an aseptic patient contact point, thus reducing the potential for transmission of C difficile during the physical examination. In critical care environments, in which many hospitals use acoustically inferior disposable stethoscopes, the opt …

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These results can be used to identify high-risk populations for enrollment in C difficile vaccine trials and facilitate study feasibility regarding sample size and time to completion.

For most hospitals in this system, rates of C. difficile remained level. Within the NAAT test categories, SIRs may not correlate with infection rates. Given the controversies regarding testing and calculation of SIRs, alternatives to C. difficile infection should be sought as a hospital quality meas …

The emergence of Clostridioides difficile as the main agent of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea has raised concerns about its potential zoonotic role in different animal species. The use of antimicrobials is a major risk factor for C. difficile infection. Here, we provide data on C. …

Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) cause substantial morbidity and mortality. Patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) are 2-2.5 times more likely to develop CDI with mortality rates 2-fold higher than the general population. Hospitalizations due to CDI among the MHD population are high and …

Almost one-third of included patients experienced a complicated episode of CDI as their initial episode. Further research is warranted to elucidate the extent of influence of prior antibiotics on the development of complicated CDI.

Clostridium difficile is an important pathogen in adult horses and foals, and our findings highlight the complexity surrounding the epidemiology of this opportunistic pathogen. It can be found commonly, transiently, and cluster within a facility in the absence of identifiable disease occurrences or …

Healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection is rising in patients within the MHS and is associated with increased length of stay, hospital costs, and in-hospital mortality. We identified a significantly increased burden of hospitalization among patients admitted with HO-CDI, highlig …

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A high prevalence of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic C. difficile was observed in adults with CF, comparable to that observed in the symptomatic CF population. There was no evidence of direct person-to-person transmission.

The relationship between ED wait times and eventual HA-CDI warrants further exploration. These findings suggest efforts to reduce ED wait times for admitted patients or more rigorous environmental cleanliness strategies in the ED, as possible avenues for HA-CDI prevention.

Clostridioides difficile, a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium, is the primary cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhea. Antibiotics are a major risk factor for C. difficile infection (CDI), as they disrupt the gut microbial community, enabling increased germination of spores and gr …

During a field experiment applying broiler manure for fertilization of agricultural land, we detected viable Clostridioides (also known as Clostridium) difficile in broiler feces, manure, dust, and fertilized soil. A large diversity of toxigenic C. difficile isolates was recovered, including PCR rib …

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Updated Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) guidelines published in 2018 recommend vancomycin as first-line treatment. Of 833 community-onset CDI cases in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia in 2018, over half did not receive first-line treatment, although guideline adherence increased over the year. …

An increasing proportion of Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) are community acquired. This study tested farm, abattoir and retail food samples for C. difficile, using peer reviewed culture and molecular methods. The contamination rate on beef, sheep and broiler farms ranged from 2/30 (7%) to …

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