scholarly journals Asymptomatic Carriers Are a Potential Source for Transmission of Epidemic and Nonepidemic Clostridium difficile Strains among Long-Term Care Facility Residents

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 992-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Riggs ◽  
A. K. Sethi ◽  
T. F. Zabarsky ◽  
E. C. Eckstein ◽  
R. L. P. Jump ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Asymptomatic Carriers ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Potential Source

Dirty laundry? Evaluation of Clostridium Difficile Contamination in the Laundry at a Long-Term Care Facility

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. e172
Author(s):  
Marguerite O'Donnell ◽  
Marguerite O'Donnell ◽  
Jennifer Cadnum ◽  
Brett M. Sitzlar ◽  
Curtis J. Donskey
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility

Clostridium difficile Infection in a Department of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care Facility

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 513-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dubert M. Guerrero ◽  
Michelle M. Nerandzic ◽  
Lucy A. Jury ◽  
Shelley Chang ◽  
Robin L. Jump ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility

In a Veterans Affairs medical center, 39% of healthcare facility–onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infections had their onset in the affiliated long-term care facility (LTCF). Eighty-five percent of LTCF-onset patients had been transferred from the hospital within the past month. Delays in diagnosis and treatment were common for LTCF-onset patients.

Concurrent outbreaks with co-infection of norovirus and Clostridium difficile in a long-term-care facility

2013 ◽  
Vol 141 (8) ◽  
pp. 1598-1603 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. LUDWIG ◽  
K. SATO ◽  
P. SCHIRMER ◽  
A. MANIAR ◽  
C. LUCERO-OBUSAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Difficile ◽  
New Orleans ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Testing Strategies ◽  
Genotype Ii

SUMMARYWe describe an outbreak of simultaneous Clostridium difficile and norovirus infections in a long-term-care facility. Thirty patients experienced acute gastroenteritis, and four had co-infection with identical C. difficile 027 and genotype II.4 New Orleans norovirus strains. Co-occurring infection requires improved understanding of risk factors, clinical impact, and testing strategies.

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