Research Service, Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio.
Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 30;69(10):1801-1804. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz189.
In a cohort of 480 patients admitted to an acute care hospital, 68 (14%) had positive perirectal cultures for toxigenic Clostridioides difficile on admission. Of the 11 patients (2%) diagnosed with healthcare-associated C. difficile infections, 3 (27%) had genetically related admission and infection isolates, based on whole-genome sequencing.
在一个入住急性护理医院的 480 名患者队列中,68 名(14%)患者在入院时直肠周围培养出产毒艰难梭菌阳性。在 11 名(2%)诊断为与医疗保健相关的艰难梭菌感染的患者中,基于全基因组测序,有 3 名(27%)患者的入院和感染分离株具有遗传相关性。