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IS CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ENDEMIC IN CHRONIC-CARE FACILITIES?
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An apparent outbreak of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea on the chronic hospital ward of a long-term care facility prompted an investigation lasting seven months. Approximately a third of patients had stools that were positive for C difficile by either toxin or culture. Attempts to eradicate the infection by simultaneously treating all toxin-positive patients with metronidazole, limiting antibiotic use, and implementing enteric isolation were unsuccessful. New cases were both nosocomially acquired and imported into the facility. Of the C difficile toxin-positive patients, 34% had diarrhoea and 19/49 (38%) died during the study period. C difficile is not routinely sought by most clinical microbiology laboratories and may therefore be endemic in many long-term care facilities for the elderly.
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- Bender, B., Laughon, B., Gaydos, C., Forman, M., Bennett, R., Greenough, W. B., Sears, S., & Bartlett, J.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1986-07
- Volume
- 328
- Issue
- 8497
- Pages
- 11-13
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- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
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- W1965315529
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- 7.02
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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