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Skin and Environmental Contamination in Patients Diagnosed With Clostridium difficile Infection but Not Meeting Clinical Criteria for Testing.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Aug 28;:1-3
Authors: Kundrapu S, Sunkesula V, Tomas M, Donskey CJ
Abstract
Of 134 patients diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection, 30 (22%) did not meet clinical criteria for testing because they lacked significant diarrhea or had alternative explanations for diarrhea and no recent antibiotic exposure. For these patients, skin and/or environmental contamination was common only in those with prior antibiotic exposure. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2015;00(0):1-3.
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