NEW YORK (December 11, 2019) — Nearly 1-in-10 patients admitted to a New York hospital with no symptoms of diarrhea were found to be carriers of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), suggesting infections originate outside the hospital setting more often than thought, according to a study published today in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
The results suggest that hospitals and other healthcare facilities could consider identifying carriers of C. diff as a strategy to prevent the spread of the infection. According to a 2015 report, more than 400,000 cases of C. diff, resulting in nearly 30,000 deaths, are reported each year in the United States.
Credit: Jennifer Oosthuizen CDC
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