Infection control practices related to Clostridium difficile infection in acute care hospitals in Canada.

TL;DR: In this article, the ability of different molecular typing methods for differentiation of Clostridium difficile isolates from patients and medical devices was compared to show their discriminatory power for molecular epidemiological purposes.

TL;DR: Clinical research evidence on the safety and efficacy/effectiveness of fecal transplantation compared to standard care in the prevention and treatment of patients with CDAD or ulcerative colitis is examined.

TL;DR: It is ascertained that radiographers did not adhere to hospital infection control guidelines when inserting IV cannulae and did not consistently wash their hands prior to performing IV cannulation.

TL;DR: Nosocomial C. difficile infection, which was associated with diarrhea in about one third of cases, is frequently transmitted among hospitalized patients and that the organism is often present on the hands of hospital personnel caring for such patients.

TL;DR: Clostridium difficile, the agent that causes pseudomembranous colitis associated with antibiotic therapy, has been identified in recent years as a common nosocomial pathogen.

TL;DR: An epidemic of CDAD with an increased case-fatality rate has had important consequences on the elderly population of Quebec and the equivalence of vancomycin and metronidazole in the treatment ofCDAD needs to be questioned.

TL;DR: This new edition of "Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control, Fourth Edition", continues to build upon its well-earned acclaim as the most comprehensive reference on hospital epidemiology and infection control as well as examining every type of nosocomial infection.