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Clostridium difficileInfection in Outpatients, Maryland and Connecticut, USA, 2002–2007

Year: 2011

Type: article

Study design: Observational Study

Abstract: Clostridium difficile, the most commonly recognized diarrheagenic pathogen among hospitalized persons, can cause outpatient diarrhea. Of 1,091 outpatients with diarrhea, we found 43 (3.9%) who were positive for C. difficile toxin. Only 7 had no recognized risk factors, and 3 had neither risk factors nor co-infection with another enteric pathogen.

Source: Emerging infectious diseases

DOI: 10.3201/eid1710.110069

Authors: Jon Mark Hirshon, Angela D. Thompson, Brandi Limbago, L. Clifford McDonald, Michelle Bonkosky, Robert Heimer, James Meek, Volker Mai, Christopher Braden

Institutions: University of Maryland, Baltimore, Yale University, University of Florida

Language: English

Topic: Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Award: G1079649620

OpenAlex ID: W2109055953

FWCI: 3.011

Cites: 15

Cited by: 28

Related to: 10