CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE DIARRHOEA: A HIGHLY INFECTIOUS ORGANISM

This paper describes an outbreak of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in a ward for the elderly in a 550-bedded District General Hospital. The measures taken to contain it and clinical features, previously undescribed, are highlighted.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Age and ageing 1984-11, Vol.13 (6), p.363-366
Hauptverfasser:	BENNETT, G. C. J., ALLEN, E., MILLARD, P. H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Biological and medical sciences Clostridium - pathogenicity Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - transmission Diarrhea - microbiology Diarrhea - transmission Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - microbiology Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous - transmission Feces - microbiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Risk
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper describes an outbreak of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in a ward for the elderly in a 550-bedded District General Hospital. The measures taken to contain it and clinical features, previously undescribed, are highlighted.
ISSN:	0002-0729 1468-2834
DOI:	10.1093/ageing/13.6.363