ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2019
A national survey of testing and management of asymptomatic carriage of C. difficile.
Article in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Screening for Asymptomatic Clostridioides difficile Carriage Among Hospitalized Patients: A Narrative Review.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2023Review
- Factors Associated with Clostridioides (Clostridium) Difficile Infection and Colonization: Ongoing Prospective Cohort Study in a French University Hospital.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Transmission Dynamics of Clostridioides difficile in 2 High-Acuity Hospital Units.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021Article
- Reduced Clostridioides difficile infection in a pragmatic stepped-wedge initiative using admission surveillance to detect colonization.PloS one · 2020Article
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Abstract
A nationwide survey indicated that screening for asymptomatic carriers of C. difficile is an uncommon practice in US healthcare settings. Better understanding of the role of asymptomatic carriage in C. difficile transmission, and of the measures available to reduce that risk, are needed to inform best practices regarding the management of carriers.
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