Asymptomatic carriers are a potential source for transmission of epidemic and nonepidemic Clostridium difficile strains among long-term care facility residents.
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publication date
- January 1, 2007
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- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacterial Toxins
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Carrier State
- Clostridioides difficile
- Cross Infection
- DNA, Bacterial
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
- Environmental Microbiology
- Feces
- Humans
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
- Logistic Models
- Long-Term Care
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Prospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Skin
- Spores, Bacterial