Preliminary investigation of environmental prevalence of Clostridium difficile affecting inpatients in a north Indian hospital.
Indian J Med Microbiol
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2012 Jan-Mar; 30(1): 89-92
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in English
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ABSTRACT
A preliminary study was conducted to see the prevalence of Clostridium difficile in patients and their environment in a tertiary care hospital. Seventy-nine fecal specimens from hospitalized patients, 176 swab samples from beds and 48 from hands of hospital personnel were investigated. Sixty-three patients received antibiotics and 14 proton pump inhibitors. Abdominal pain was observed in 16 patients with fever in 15 of them. C. difficile culture was positive in 12.6% patients at initial sampling but none were toxin-positive. Eight patients developed diarrhea and five were both culture and toxin-positive. Fifty-one percent of bed swab samples and 62.5% of hand swab samples were culture positive. Similarly 8.5% of bed swab samples and 4.2% of hand swab samples were positive for toxins A and B. The environmental cross-infection between patients and carriage by hospital personnel are plausible sources of C. difficile infection and spread in our hospital.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Cross Infection
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Prevalence
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Clostridioides difficile
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Adolescent
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Clostridium Infections
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Adult
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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