Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonization: Epidemiology and clinical implications

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Furuya Kanamori, Luis ^a   Marquess, John ^b,c   Yakob, Laith ^d   Riley, Thomas V ^e,f   Paterson, David L ^g   Foster, Niki F ^f   Huber, Charlotte A ^g   Clements, Archie C A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Carrier state; Clostridium difficile; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LONG TERM CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENTEROTOXINS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84963620243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1258-4     Document Type: Article

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