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What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber
What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber
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24 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2022
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In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr David Weber, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina about recent papers on environmental contamination with Clostridioides difficile. We discuss antibiotics and the effect of asymptomatic carriage on risk of transmission. The papers we discuss are:
Warren BG, et al. The Impact of Infection Versus Colonization on Clostridioides difficile Environmental Contamination in Hospitalized Patients With Diarrhea. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(4):ofac069. https://doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac069
Turner NA, et al. Impact of Oral Metronidazole, Vancomycin, and Fidaxomicin on Host Shedding and Environmental Contamination With Clostridioides difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(4):648-656. https://doi:10.1093/cid/ciab473
Warren BG, et al. The Impact of Infection Versus Colonization on Clostridioides difficile Environmental Contamination in Hospitalized Patients With Diarrhea. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(4):ofac069. https://doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac069
Turner NA, et al. Impact of Oral Metronidazole, Vancomycin, and Fidaxomicin on Host Shedding and Environmental Contamination With Clostridioides difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(4):648-656. https://doi:10.1093/cid/ciab473
Released:
Jun 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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