Nosocomial Spread of Clostridium Difficile
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Infection Control
- Vol. 4 (1) , 31-33
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0195941700057623
Abstract
Environmental transmission of Clostridium difficile, the causative agent of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis (PMC), has been supported by animal studies and implicated in spread of C. difficile among leukemic children receiving non-absorbable antibiotics. We report antibiotic-associated C. difficile-related colitis in two adults who shared a commode chair during hospitalization.Keywords
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