The researchers retrospectively studied 352 patients who tested positive for C. diff from 2006-2008. Results showed 7 percent of patients had community-acquired infection. This is in stark contrast to the 57 percent of patients who had hospital-acquired C. diff. The remaining 36 percent of C. diff infections occurred in patients who acquired the infection from another healthcare facility prior to admission.
Read the study about C. diff infections.
Read other coverage about infections:
– NJAASC Issues Statement in Response to Report of Violations by Surgery Centers
– Study Suggest Providers Overuse Last-Resort Antibiotics
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