Asymptomatic Carriers of Toxigenic C. difficile in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: The impact of Clostridium difficile colonization in C. difficile infection (CDI) is inadequately explored. As a result, asymptomatic carriage is not considered in the development of infection control policies and the burden of carrier state in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is unknown...

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Udgivet i:PLoS One
Main Authors: Ziakas, Panayiotis D., Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Zervou, Fainareti N., Grigoras, Christos, Pliakos, Elina Eleftheria, Mylonakis, Eleftherios
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338134/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25707002
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117195
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