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- Title
Primary symptomless colonisation by Clostridium difficile and decreased risk of subsequent diarrhoea.
- Authors
Shim, J K; Johnson, S; Samore, M H; Bliss, D Z; Gerding, D N
- Abstract
Little is known about whether patients who develop Clostridium-difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) are culture-positive or culture-negative before illness. The most important risk factor is antibiotic exposure. We aimed to find out whether patients identified as primary symptom-free C difficile carriers are at higher risk of developing CDAD than patients who are culture-negative.
- Publication
Lancet (London, England), 1998, Vol 351, Issue 9103, p633
- ISSN
0140-6736
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08062-8