Original paper
Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis
Abstract
Clostridium difficile is the most important cause of antibiotic-associated colitis, but its epidemiology remains unknown. Using a selective medium for the isolation of C. difficile, cultures were obtained from the environment and contacts of hospitalized patients carrying C. difficile in their stools. In areas where carriers had diarrhea, 85 (9.3%) of 910 cultures of floors and other surfaces, especially those subject to fecal contamination,...
Paper Details
Title
Isolation of Clostridium difficile from the Environment and Contacts of Patients with Antibiotic-Associated Colitis
Published Date
Jan 1, 1981
Volume
143
Issue
1
Pages
42 - 50
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