Multihospital Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Jump, Robin L.P. ; Riggs, Michelle M. ; Sethi, Ajay K. ; Pultz, Michael J. ; Ellis-Reid, Tracie ; Riebel, William ; Gerding, Dale N. ; Salata, Robert A. ; Donskey, Curtis J.
• Description:
  To determine whether a multihospital Clostridium difficile outbreak was associated with epidemic strains and whether use of particular fluoroquinolones was associated with increased infection rates, we cultured feces from C. difficile-infected patients. Use of fluoroquionolones with enhanced antianaerobic activity was not associated with increased infection rates.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Infective Agents Aza Compounds Clostridium Infections Cross Infection Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Drug Resistance, Bacterial Feces Fluoroquinolones Genes, Bacterial Hospitals Humans Quinolines

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 16(5):827-829.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  16
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d3177ee62cb5e42fc00ac8ec18094d8fa35823f2c2c33ee38d6c28167acc92a7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17663/cdc_17663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 145.12 KB ]