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Evidence for cross-infection in an outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in a surgical unit.

G P Testore1, A Pantosti, M Cerquetti, S Babudieri, G Panichi, P M Gianfrilli.   

Abstract

Environmental studies were performed in a hospital outbreak of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea. Transmission was associated with the sluice room and the storage room where medical equipment was found to be contaminated with C.difficile. Typing of isolates by antibiotic-susceptibility patterns and profiles of EDTA-extracted proteins showed the presence of an "epidemic" strain common to the majority of patients and environmental sites. Control of the outbreak was achieved by improvement of environmental hygiene and use of disposable equipment.

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Year:  1988        PMID： 3385765     DOI： 10.1099/00222615-26-2-125

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Med Microbiol        ISSN： 0022-2615            Impact factor:   2.472


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Review 1.  Dentists, antibiotics and Clostridium difficile-associated disease.

Authors:  N Beacher; M P Sweeney; J Bagg
Journal:  Br Dent J       Date:  2015-09-25       Impact factor: 1.626

2.  Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for investigation of an outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection among geriatric patients.

Authors:  D Talon; P Bailly; M Delmée; M Thouverez; B Mulin; M Iehl-Robert; V Cailleaux; Y Michel-Briand
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  1995-11       Impact factor: 3.267

3.  Correlation of immunoblot type, enterotoxin production, and cytotoxin production with clinical manifestations of Clostridium difficile infection in a cohort of hospitalized patients.

Authors:  L V McFarland; G W Elmer; W E Stamm; M E Mulligan
Journal:  Infect Immun       Date:  1991-07       Impact factor: 3.441

4.  Characterization of flagella of Clostridium difficile and their role in serogrouping reactions.

Authors:  M Delmée; V Avesani; N Delferriere; G Burtonboy
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1990-10       Impact factor: 5.948

5.  Immunoblot analysis of serum immunoglobulin G response to surface proteins of Clostridium difficile in patients with antibiotic-associated diarrhea.

Authors:  A Pantosti; M Cerquetti; F Viti; G Ortisi; P Mastrantonio
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1989-11       Impact factor: 5.948

6.  Investigation of an outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection in a general hospital by numerical analysis of protein patterns by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Authors:  M Costas; B Holmes; S L On; M Ganner; M C Kelly; S K Nath
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1994-03       Impact factor: 5.948

7.  Survey of incidence of Clostridium difficile infection in Canadian hospitals and diagnostic approaches.

Authors:  M J Alfa; T Du; G Beda
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1998-07       Impact factor: 5.948

8.  Clostridium difficile enteritis: A report of two cases and systematic literature review.

Authors:  Sean P Dineen; Steven H Bailey; Thai H Pham; Sergio Huerta
Journal:  World J Gastrointest Surg       Date:  2013-03-27

Review 9.  Epidemiological aspects of infections caused by Bacteroides fragilis and Clostridium difficile.

Authors:  S Tabaqchali; M Wilks
Journal:  Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis       Date:  1992-11       Impact factor: 3.267

10.  Identification of outbreak-associated and other strains of Clostridium difficile by numerical analysis of SDS-PAGE protein patterns.

Authors:  M Costas; B Holmes; M Ganner; S L On; P N Hoffman; M A Worsley; H Panigrahi
Journal:  Epidemiol Infect       Date:  1994-08       Impact factor: 2.451
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