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Asymptomatic Clostridium difficile colonisation and onward transmission
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Combined genotyping/whole genome sequencing and epidemiological data suggest that in endemic settings only a minority of Clostridium difficile infection, CDI, is acquired from other cases. Asymptomatic patients are a potential source for many unexplained cases. Methods We prospectively screened a cohort of medical inpatients in a UK teaching hospital for asymptomatic C. difficile carriage using stool culture. Electronic and questionnaire data were used to determine risk factors for asymptomat...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1371/journal.pone.0078445
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- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PloS ONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- ARTN e78445
- Publication date:
- 2013-11-12
- Acceptance date:
- 2013-09-09
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1932-6203
- ISSN:
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1932-6203
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- English
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- pubs:440253
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440253
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- 2014-02-08
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- Eyre et al
- Copyright date:
- 2013
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- Copyright: © 2013 Eyre et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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