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Transmission of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) from patients less than 3 years of age in a pediatric oncology setting

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is prevalent in pediatric oncology patients, but the transmission risk to peers is unknown. In 224 children with CDI, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) identified only 7 alleged transmission events (18%) originating from children <3 years old. None of these events were corroborated by WGS.

Source: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2019.360

Authors: Elizabeth Robilotti, Weihua Huang, N. Esther Babady, Donald Chen, Mini Kamboj

Institutions: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center

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

Funder: National Cancer Institute