Environmental reservoirs have been implicated in transmission of Clostridium difficile
infections. Scent detection by canines has demonstrated promising ability to rapidly triage …

Background and aim Prompted by an article describing a dog trained to detect Clostridium
difficile in patients, our institution evaluated a dog's ability to detect C. difficile scent from …

Background Trained canines are capable of detecting Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile
(CD) in the environment; however, the primary odour of interest on which the dogs alert is …

We evaluated the operating characteristics of 2 comparably trained dogs as a “point-of-care”
diagnostic tool to detect toxin gene-positive Clostridium difficile. Although each dog could …

Swabs were plated onto cycloserine-cefoxitin-fructose agar (Anaerobe System, Morgan Hill,
CA) supplemented with 100,000 U/L lysozyme (CCFA1L) both directly and following …

The horizontal transmission of Clostridium difficile in the hospital environment is difficult to
establish. Current methods to detect C. difficile spores on surfaces are not quantitative, lack …

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 may be an emerging community-associated pathogen but little is known
about its sources of exposure. This study evaluated C. difficile contamination in households …

Zoonotic transmission of Clostridium difficile has been largely hypothesised to occur after
direct or indirect contact with contaminated animal faeces. Recent studies have reported the …

Community Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection CA-CDI is becoming increasingly
significant. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution and sources of Clostridium …