Low frequency of asymptomatic carriage of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in an acute care geriatric hospital: prospective cohort study in Switzerland

BACKGROUND: The role of asymptomatic carriers of toxigenic Clostridium difficile (TCD) in nosocomial cross-transmission remains debatable. Moreover, its relevance in the elderly has been sparsely studied. OBJECTIVES: To assess asymptomatic TCD carriage in an acute care geriatric population. METHODS:...

Descrizione completa

Salvato in:
Dettagli Bibliografici
Pubblicato in:Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Autori principali: Pires, Daniela, Prendki, Virginie, Renzi, Gesuele, Fankhauser, Carolina, Sauvan, Valerie, Huttner, Benedikt, Schrenzel, Jacques, Harbarth, Stephan
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2016
Soggetti:
Short Report
Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898375/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27280019
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-016-0123-6
Tags: Aggiungi Tag
Nessun Tag, puoi essere il primo ad aggiungerne! !

Documenti analoghi