Community-associated Clostridium difficile Infections, Monroe County, New York, USA

Community-associated Clostridium difficile Infections, Monroe County, New York, USA

We conducted active sentinel surveillance in Monroe County, New York, USA, to compare incidence of community-associated Clostridium difficile infections (CA-CDIs) with that of health care–associated infections (HA-CDIs) and identify exposure and strain type differences between CA and HA cases. Patie...

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Main Authors: Ghinwa Dumyati, Vanessa Stevens, George E. Hannett, Angela D. Thompson, Cherie Long, Duncan MacCannell, Brandi Limbago
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2012-03-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Clostridium difficile
bacteria
community-associated infections
health care–associated infections
strain typing
antimicrobial drug resistance
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/3/10-2023_article

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