title: Response to P. Destrez concerning G.J. Hughes et al.: Impact of cleaning and other interventions on the reduction of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections in two hospitals in England assessed using a breakpoint model.
authors.affiliation: Public Health England, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.affiliation: Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, UK.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Enoch
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahluwalia
authors.affiliation: Peterborough & Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ayers
authors.affiliation: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Public Health England, Public Health Laboratory, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: nicholas.brown@addenbrookes.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods*; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans