Comparison of Control of Clostridium difficile Infection in Six English Hospitals Using Whole-Genome Sequencing
Author(s) -
David W. Eyre,
Warren N. Fawley,
Anu Rajgopal,
C. Settle,
Kalani Mortimer,
Simon Goldenberg,
Susan Dawson,
Derrick W. Crook,
Tim Peto,
Andrew Walker,
Mark H. Wilcox
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cix338
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , clostridium difficile toxin a , feces , medicine , confidence interval , infection control , transmission (telecommunications) , clostridium difficile toxin b , incidence (geometry) , toxin , whole genome sequencing , c difficile , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genome , gene , surgery , antibiotics , genetics , physics , electrical engineering , optics , engineering
Variation in Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) rates between healthcare institutions suggests overall incidence could be reduced if the lowest rates could be achieved more widely.
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