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Clostridium difficile outbreaks: prevention and treatment strategies

Overview of attention for article published in Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, July 2012
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Clostridium difficile outbreaks: prevention and treatment strategies
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Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, July 2012
DOI 10.2147/rmhp.s13053
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Fernando J Martinez, Daniel A Leffler, Ciaran P Kelly

Abstract

The incidence and severity of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have increased dramatically over the past decade. Its treatment, however, has largely remained the same with the exception of oral vancomycin use as a first-line agent in severe disease. From 1999 to 2004, 20,642 deaths were attributed to CDI in the United States, almost 7 times the rate of all other intestinal infections combined. Worldwide, several major CDI outbreaks have occurred, and many of these were associated with the NAP1 strain. This 'epidemic' strain has contributed to the rising incidence and mortality of CDI. The purpose of this article is to review the current management, treatment, infection control, and prevention strategies that are needed to combat this increasingly morbid disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 3%
Kenya 1 1%
Unknown 68 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 23%
Student > Bachelor 15 21%
Other 10 14%
Researcher 5 7%
Student > Postgraduate 5 7%
Other 13 18%
Unknown 7 10%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 25 35%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 6%
Chemistry 3 4%
Other 10 14%
Unknown 11 15%
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#20,823,121
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