Despite being considered a major hospital-associated pathogen for many years, Clostridium
difficile has been isolated increasingly from people without hospital contact. In this study, we …

Clostridium difficile is a well-established hospital pathogen. Recently, it has been detected
increasingly in patients without hospital contact. Given this rise in community associated …

In recent years, community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CA-CDI) has emerged
as a significant health problem, accounting for∼ 50% of all CDI cases. We hypothesized that …

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is a leading cause of infectious diarrhea in humans and
production animals and can be found in a variety of environmental sources. The prevalence …

The objective of this study was to undertake a microbiological survey of foods, animal faeces
and wastewater samples for Clostridium difficile, and determine the genotypes and …

This is the first study to provide a comprehensive insight into the molecular epidemiology of
endemic Clostridium difficile and particularly that associated with a recently recognized …

We recently reported a high prevalence of Clostridium difficile in retail vegetables, compost
and lawn in Western Australia. The objective of this study was to investigate the …

With rates of community‐associated Clostridium difficile infection (CA‐CDI) increasing
worldwide, potential reservoirs/sources of C. difficile in the community are being sought …

Clostridium difficile is both a hospital and community-acquired pathogen. The current study
determined if C. difficile could be cultured from clinical laundry facility surfaces. A total of 240 …

Clostridium difficile rose in prominence in the early 2000s with large-scale outbreaks of a
particular binary toxin-positive strain, ribotype 027, in North America and Europe. In …