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Evaluation of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease Pressure as a Risk Factor for C difficile–Associated Disease

Author(s) -

Erik R. Dubberke

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.10.1092

Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , disease , c difficile , risk factor , medicine , clostridium infections , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , biology , antibiotics

Colonization pressure has been identified as an important risk factor in the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus species, but the role of colonization pressure in the transmission of Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is unclear. The purpose of this study was to evaluate CDAD pressure, a modified form of colonization pressure based on symptomatic CDAD cases, as a risk factor for CDAD.

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