Prevalence of Clostridium difficile infection in acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and outpatient clinics: Is Clostridium difficile infection underdiagnosed in long-term care facility patients?

Publication date: 1 October 2017
Source:American Journal of Infection Control, Volume 45, Issue 10
Author(s): Amar Krishna, Amina Pervaiz, Paul Lephart, Noor Tarabishy, Swapna Varakantam, Aditya Kotecha, Reda A. Awali, Keith S. Kaye, Teena Chopra
Clostridium difficile infection is a common cause of diarrhea in long-term care facility (LTCF) patients. The high prevalence of C difficile infection in LTCFs noted in our study calls for a critical need to educate LTCF staff to send diarrheal stool for C difficile testing to identify more cases and prevent transmission.



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