The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection Inside and Outside Health Care Institutions.

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The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection Inside and Outside Health Care Institutions.

Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2015 Jan 9;

Authors: Gerding DN, Lessa FC

Abstract
This article describes the global changes in Clostridium difficile epidemiology since the late twentieth century and into the twenty-first century when the new epidemic strain BI/NAP1/027 emerged. The article provides an overview of how understanding of C difficile epidemiology has rapidly evolved since its initial association with colitis in 1974. It also discusses how C difficile has spread across the globe, the role of asymptomatic carriers in disease transmission, the increased recognition of C difficile outside health care settings, the changes in epidemiology of C difficile infection in children, and the risk factors for disease.

PMID: 25582647 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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