Microevolutionary analysis of Clostridium difficile genomes to investigate transmission
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 08:30
in Health & Medicine
Over recent years, hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections have been a significant problem in UK hospitals and globally. There have been concerns that infections may be due to transmission between symptomatic patients, either directly, or indirectly via hospital staff; these concerns were strengthened when enhanced infection control was introduced in England in 2007, and the incidence of C. difficile infection declined. A recent study took a genomics approach to assess the incidence of patient-to-patient transmission of C. difficile.