Host and Pathogen Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection and Colonization

G. Loo, Vivian; Bourgault, Anne–Marie; Poirier, Louise; Lamothe, François; Michaud, Sophie; Turgeon, Nathalie; Toye, Baldwin; Beaudoin, Axelle; Frost, Éric; Gilca, Rodica; Brassard, Paul; Dendukuri, Nandini; Béliveau, Claire; Oughton, Matthew; Brukner, Ivan; Dascal, André

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1012413

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Host and Pathogen Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection and Colonization

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Nov 2, 2011

Authors:

Vivian G. Loo

Anne–Marie Bourgault

Louise Poirier

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of health care-associated diarrhea, and the bacterium can also be carried asymptomatically. The objective of this study was to identify host and bacterial factors associated with health care-associated acquisition of C. difficile infec...

Subject

Clostridium difficile

Colonization

Medicine

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