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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Medknow Publications on behalf of Indian Association of Medical Microbiology
ISSN: 0255-0857
EISSN: 0255-0857
Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012, pp. 89-92
Bioline Code: mb12017
Full paper language: English
Document type: Short Communication
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Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2012, pp. 89-92

 en Preliminary investigation of environmental prevalence of Clostridium difficile check for this species in other resources affecting inpatients in a north Indian hospital
Vaishnavi, C & Singh, M

Abstract

A preliminary study was conducted to see the prevalence of Clostridium difficile check for this species in other resources in patients and their environment in a tertiary care hospital. Seventy-nine fecal specimens from hospitalized patients, 176 swab samples from beds and 48 from hands of hospital personnel were investigated. Sixty-three patients received antibiotics and 14 proton pump inhibitors. Abdominal pain was observed in 16 patients with fever in 15 of them. C. difficile culture was positive in 12.6% patients at initial sampling but none were toxin-positive. Eight patients developed diarrhea and five were both culture and toxin-positive. Fifty-one percent of bed swab samples and 62.5% of hand swab samples were culture positive. Similarly 8.5% of bed swab samples and 4.2% of hand swab samples were positive for toxins A and B. The environmental cross-infection between patients and carriage by hospital personnel are plausible sources of C. difficile infection and spread in our hospital.

Keywords
C. difficile, environment, hospitalized patients, prevalence

 
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