Control of nosocomial Clostridium difficile transmission in bone marrow transplant patients.
This is a report of six cases of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) that occurred among cancer patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation in a tertiary-care cancer hospital. Specific infection control measures that were taken to minimize the nosocomial spread of CDAD also are discussed.
Hanna
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Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
Raad
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Gonzalez
V
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Umphrey
J
J
Tarrand
J
J
Neumann
J
J
Champlin
R
R
D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*