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Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection in a Hepatology Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Dominique Vanjak ,
Guillaume Girault ,
Catherine Branger ,
Pierre Rufat ,
Dominique-Charles Valla  and
Bruno Fantin
Dominique Vanjak*
Affiliation:
Unité d'hygiène et de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
Guillaume Girault
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
Catherine Branger
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
Pierre Rufat
Affiliation:
Unité d'information médicale, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
Dominique-Charles Valla
Affiliation:
Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
Bruno Fantin
Affiliation:
Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Université Paris 7, Clichy, France
*
Hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, Unité d'hygiène et de lutte contre les infections nosocomiales, 100 avenue du général Leclerc, 92118 Clichy cedex, France (dominique.vanjak@bjn.ap-hop-paris.fr)
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Abstract

During 2001, Clostridium difficile infection was observed in 23 patients hospitalized in a hepatology ward (attack rate, 0.9%). Since strain typing ruled out a clonal dissemination, we performed a case-control study. In addition to antibiotic use as a risk factor, the C. difficile infection rate was higher among patients with autoimmune hepatitis (P < .01).

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , February 2007 , pp. 202 - 204
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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