Enhanced surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection occurring outside hospital, England, 2011 to 2013.

Fawley, Warren N; Davies, Kerrie A; Morris, Trefor; Parnell, Peter; Howe, Robin; Wilcox, Mark H

Fawley, Warren N; Davies, Kerrie A; Morris, Trefor; Parnell, Peter; Howe, Robin; Wilcox, Mark H.

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Fawley WN; Public Health Laboratory Leeds, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Euro Surveill ; 21(29)2016 Jul 21.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27487436

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Clostridioides difficile/isolation & purification; Clostridium Infections/epidemiology; Community-Acquired Infections/epidemiology; Cross Infection/epidemiology; Diarrhea/microbiology; Feces/microbiology; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Child; Child, Preschool; Clostridioides difficile/classification; Clostridioides difficile/genetics; Clostridium Infections/drug therapy; Clostridium Infections/microbiology; Community-Acquired Infections/microbiology; Cross Infection/microbiology; Diarrhea/epidemiology; England/epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Middle Aged; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Population Surveillance; Prevalence; Ribotyping; Young Adult

Key words

Clostridium difficile; PCR-ribotyping; community; epidemiology; healthcare; surveillance

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Health context: 3_ND Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Cross Infection / Clostridioides difficile / Clostridium Infections / Community-Acquired Infections / Diarrhea / Feces Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies / Screening_studies Limits: Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Child / Child, preschool / Humans / Infant / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Euro Surveill Year: 2016 Document type: Article

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