<i>Clostridium</i>: transmission <i>difficile</i>?

Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Samore, Matthew H

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001171

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Clostridium: transmission difficile?

ContributorsHarbarth, Stéphan Juergen

; Samore, Matthew H

Published inPLoS medicine, vol. 9, no. 2, e1001171

Publication date2012

Abstract

Stephan Harbarth and Matthew Samore discuss the implications, and the limitations, of new research that might indicate that most Clostridium difficile cases are imported into hospitals.

Keywords

Clostridium difficile/genetics
Cross Infection/transmission
Diarrhea/etiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous/transmission
Gastrointestinal Tract/microbiology
Hospital Units
Humans
Infection Control

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Résistance aux antibiotiques (866)

Funding

European Commission - Impact of Specific Antibiotic Therapies on the prevalence of hUman host ResistaNt bacteria [241796]

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HARBARTH, Stéphan Juergen, SAMORE, Matthew H. Clostridium: transmission difficile? In: PLoS medicine, 2012, vol. 9, n° 2, p. e1001171. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001171

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PID : unige:32527
DOI : 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001171
PMID : 22346737
PMCID : PMC3274498

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Clostridium: transmission difficile?

Stephan Harbarth and Matthew Samore discuss the implications, and the limitations, of new research that might indicate that most Clostridium difficile cases are imported into hospitals.

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