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2873315

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8497
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
An apparent outbreak of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea on the chronic hospital ward of a long-term care facility prompted an investigation lasting seven months. Approximately a third of patients had stools that were positive for C difficile by either toxin or culture. Attempts to eradicate the infection by simultaneously treating all toxin-positive patients with metronidazole, limiting antibiotic use, and implementing enteric isolation were unsuccessful. New cases were both nosocomially acquired and imported into the facility. Of the C difficile toxin-positive patients, 34% had diarrhoea and 19/49 (38%) died during the study period. C difficile is not routinely sought by most clinical microbiology laboratories and may therefore be endemic in many long-term care facilities for the elderly.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
2
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Is Clostridium difficile endemic in chronic-care facilities?
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article