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. 2017 Jun;38(6):718-720.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.48. Epub 2017 Apr 11.

Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hematology-Oncology Patients Colonized With Toxigenic C. difficile

Cara M Cannon  1 , Jackson S Musuuza  2 , Anna K Barker  1 , Megan Duster  3 , Mark B Juckett  4 , Aurora E Pop-Vicas  3 , Nasia Safdar  3
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Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hematology-Oncology Patients Colonized With Toxigenic C. difficile

Cara M Cannon et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

The prevalence of colonization with toxigenic Clostridium difficile among patients with hematological malignancies and/or bone marrow transplant at admission to a 566-bed academic medical care center was 9.3%, and 13.3% of colonized patients developed symptomatic disease during hospitalization. This population may benefit from targeted C. difficile infection control interventions. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2017;38:718-720.

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