Clostridium difficile-associated clinical burden from lack of diagnostic testing in a Chinese tertiary hospital.
作者信息
Zhang D, Chen J, Zhan H, Huang Y, Chen S, Law F, Ba-Thein W
机构信息
Research Centre of Translational Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, P.R. China.
Shantou-Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, P.R. China.
出版信息
J Hosp Infect. 2016 Oct 6. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2016.10.001.
Despite Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) being a common cause of diarrhoea in hospitals worldwide, diagnostic testing or management guidelines are not available in most hospitals in China. In this prospective two-year study, the incidence of CDI among 276 patients with watery diarrhoea was 23.1%. Lack of diagnostic testing for CDI was associated with improper management in 26.4% of patients, risk of nosocomial transmission from lack of isolation precautions, and risk of community transmission from discharging symptomatic toxigenic C. difficile carriers. Updating practice guidelines in line with the current evidence and implementing diagnostic testing for CDI are recommended in hospitals in China.
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