Since publication of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America position paper on
Clostridium difficile infection in 1995, significant changes have occurred in the epidemiology …

Importance Contamination of the skin and clothing of health care personnel during removal
of personal protective equipment (PPE) contributes to dissemination of pathogens and …

Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can be transmitted from patient to patient by
the hands of health care workers (HCWs); however, the relative importance of this route in …

Objective—To determine whether dogs that visited human health-care facilities were at
greater risk of acquiring certain health-care–associated pathogens, compared with dogs …

Background Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased to epidemic proportions in
recent years. The carriage of C. difficile among healthy adults and hospital inpatients has …

Clostridium difficile is a common nosocomial pathogen transmitted mainly via its spores.
These spores can remain viable on contaminated surfaces for several months and are …

The aim of this study was to assess risk factors for primary Helicobacter pylori antibiotic
resistance by an extended anamnesis. In total, 519 H. pylori strains from untreated …

Studies will continue to define the etiology of diarrhea and to better understand the
epidemiology and prevention of infectious diarrhea. Antibacterial resistance among enteric …

Data were retrieved from the records of all patients from whom stool was sent for Clostridium
difficile toxin testing during the year 2001. Toxin-positive and-negative patients were …

Recently, an apparent rise in the number of cases attributed to community-acquired
Clostridium difficile infection has led researchers to explore additional sources of infection …