title: Skin and Environmental Contamination in Patients Diagnosed With Clostridium difficile Infection but Not Meeting Clinical Criteria for Testing.
abstract: Of 134 patients diagnosed with Clostridium difficile infection, 30 (22%) did not meet clinical criteria for testing because they lacked significant diarrhea or had alternative explanations for diarrhea and no recent antibiotic exposure. For these patients, skin and/or environmental contamination was common only in those with prior antibiotic exposure.
authors: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors: Sirisha
authors: S
authors: Kundrapu
authors: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors: Venkata
authors: V
authors: Sunkesula
authors: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors: Myreen
authors: M
authors: Tomas
authors: 1Division of Infectious Diseases,Department of Medicine,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,Cleveland,Ohio.
authors: Curtis J
authors: CJ
authors: Donskey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057138:Bacterial Shedding; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards*; D016360:Clostridioides difficile / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013170:Spores