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Epidemiology of Recurrences or Reinfections of Clostridium difficile -Associated Diarrhea

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: Approximately 15 to 35% of patients with a first episode of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea relapse within 2 months. Between 1994 and 1997, strains from 93 hospitalized patients with C. difficile recurrences were fingerprinted by using both serotyping and PCR-ribotyping. The results showed that 48.4% of clinical recurrences were, in fact, reinfections with a different strain of C. difficile. Rates of clinical recurrences could therefore be reduced by implementing strict isolation precautions.

Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2386-2388.2000

Authors: Frédéric Barbut, Anne Richard, Kheira Hamadi, Valérie Chomette, Béatrice Burghoffer, Jean-Claude Petit

Institutions: Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Saint-Antoine

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: green

OpenAlex ID: W2137961913

FWCI: 3.944

Cites: 28

Cited by: 363

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