Are Many Patients Diagnosed With Healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile Infections Colonized With the Infecting Strain on Admission?. (11th March 2019) - Gonzalez-Orta, Melany
Abstract: In a cohort of 480 patients admitted to an acute care hospital, 68 (14%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic Clostridioides difficile on admission. Of the 11 patients (2%) diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infections, 3 (27%) had genetically related admission and infection isolates, based on whole-genome sequencing.