Hospital roommates and development of health care-onset Clostridium difficile infection

Jose F. Echaiz; Laura Veras; Marcus Zervos; Erik Dubberke; Laura Johnson

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.023

Hospital roommates and development of health care-onset Clostridium difficile infection

Jose F. Echaiz, Laura Veras, Marcus Zervos, Erik Dubberke, Laura Johnson

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Abstract

There is potential for person-to-person transmission in Clostridium difficile outbreak settings. A limited number of studies have examined the role of hospital roommates in the development of nosocomial infections. This retrospective cohort study evaluated room cooccupancy and duration of exposure to roommates as predictors of health care-onset C difficile infection (CDI). Among roommates of patients with CDI, duration of room cooccupancy was significantly longer in those developing CDI.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1109-1111
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.06.023
State	Published - Oct 1 2014

Keywords

Clostridium difficile
Contact isolation
Hospital acquired
Roommates

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Hospital roommates and development of health care-onset Clostridium difficile infection

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