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Multicenter Study
. 2020 Dec:66:102267.
doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102267. Epub 2020 Oct 17.

Prevalence of Clostridioides difficile associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients in five Brazilian centers: A multicenter, prospective study

Evelyne Santana Girão  1 , Bruno de Melo Tavares  2 , Sania Alves Dos Santos  3 , Gessica Lorena Gamarra  3 , Camila Rizek  3 , Roberta Cristina Martins  3 , Lauro Vieira Perdigão Neto  4 , Constancia Diogo  3 , Tatiana D' Annibale Orsi  3 , Evelyn Patricía Sanchez Espinoza  4 , Hugo Manuel Paz Morales  5 , Keite da Silva Nogueira  5 , Adriane Ceshin Maestri  5 , Icaro Boszczowski  6 , Filipe Piastrelli  7 , Cecilia Leite Costa  8 , Daniely Viana Costa  9 , Geovania Maciel  9 , Janete Romão  10 , Thais Guimarães  2 , Gerly Anne de Castro Brito  8 , Silvia Figueiredo Costa  4
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Multicenter Study

Prevalence of Clostridioides difficile associated diarrhea in hospitalized patients in five Brazilian centers: A multicenter, prospective study

Evelyne Santana Girão et al. Anaerobe. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

Epidemiological data on CD infection (CDI) in Latin American are scarce. CDI prevalence and strains characterization were prospectively evaluated in 5 Brazilian hospitals from different regions. Prevalence rates of CDI were 15%, ranging from 0 to 37%. ST42 was the most common Sequence Type and hypervirulent strains were not identified.

Keywords: Brazilian centers; Clostridioides difficile; Prevalence; diarrhea.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Pfizer (grant 53233563) supported this work, as independent researcher.

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