TY - JOUR
T1 - Community-Acquired Clostridium Difficile Infection
T2 - Awareness and Clinical Implications
AU - Juneau, Cheryl
AU - Mendias, Elnora Nonie P.
AU - Wagal, Nihas
AU - Loeffelholz, Michael
AU - Savidge, Tor
AU - Croisant, Sharon
AU - Dann, Sara M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This manuscript was supported in part by the Institute of Translational Sciences at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Clinical and Translational Science Award UL1TR000071 from the National Center for Research Resources, now at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, in addition to the support from Tor Savidge, PhD, and funded grant RO1 NIAID AI10094001 . Sara Dann is supported by Award Number KL2TR000072 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences . The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the National Institutes of Health.
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is changing. CDI, usually depicted as a nosocomial infection in the elderly, is now occurring in community-dwelling persons who are younger and otherwise dissimilar. A more virulent isolate, North American Pulsed Field type 1, associated with increased morbidity and mortality, has been identified. In 2005, similar strains were associated with severe disease in community-dwelling patients at a rate of 7.6/100,000. Screening patients with potential CDI symptoms and implementing preventive measures, including judicious use of antibiotics, can reduce disease burden.
AB - The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is changing. CDI, usually depicted as a nosocomial infection in the elderly, is now occurring in community-dwelling persons who are younger and otherwise dissimilar. A more virulent isolate, North American Pulsed Field type 1, associated with increased morbidity and mortality, has been identified. In 2005, similar strains were associated with severe disease in community-dwelling patients at a rate of 7.6/100,000. Screening patients with potential CDI symptoms and implementing preventive measures, including judicious use of antibiotics, can reduce disease burden.
KW - Clostridium difficile infection
KW - Community-acquired Clostridium difficile
KW - North American pulsed-field type 1
KW - PCR ribotype 027
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U2 - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2012.10.007
DO - 10.1016/j.nurpra.2012.10.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 23814528
AN - SCOPUS:84872147783
SN - 1555-4155
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
JF - Journal for Nurse Practitioners
IS - 1
ER -