… preceding diagnosis were designated as community acquired. By these criteria, seven
hospital-acquired cases were tightly clustered over a 10-day period in February 1993, and C. …

… , even in those without characteristic risk factors for CDAD. … : a case of truly community-acquired
CDAD without any known … Some of these cases may actually be hospital-acquired, since …

… A 2-month prospective study of Clostridium difficile infections … phenotypic and genotypic
features of clinical isolates of C. … CDAD was considered to be community-acquired if the …

… , such as those with community-acquired infection and no previous … CDI is lower than the
rate of hospital-acquired CDI but is still … The clinical features of CDI can vary from asymptomatic …

… hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CO-HA-CDI) is difficult in patients presenting
with diarrhea at hospitals or outpatient clinics… CO-HA-CDI and community-acquired CDI (CA-…

… Rates of community-acquired C. difficile infection (CDI) are increasing world wide, a fact that
… as initiating a cytokine cascade that results in further damage and characteristic symptoms. …

… that calprotectin has bacteriostatic and fungistatic properties … size, reflecting the fact that
our medical center is a 300 bed … with community acquired CDI, and due to rigorous infection …

… hospital- and community-acquired CDI are discussed, … Hospital-acquired CDI (HACDI) in
contrast is defined as a positive … difficile still had classic features of acute colitis on histology, …

… increasing number of community-acquired infections. This article … and the differences
in the clinical features, risk factors and … that began within 4 weeks of discharge as hospital-acquired, …

… Ten percent of community-acquired CDIs was caused by PCR ribotype 078, spatially …
suggests a lack of localised point sources of CDI in the living environment of these patients. …