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Control of Nosocomial Clostridium difficile Transmission in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Hend Hanna ,
Issam Raad ,
Virginia Gonzalez ,
Jan Umphrey ,
Jeffrey Tarrand ,
Joyce Neumann  and
Richard Champlin
Hend Hanna*
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Issam Raad
Affiliation:
Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas Section of Infection Control, Department of Medical Specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Virginia Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Section of Infection Control, Department of Medical Specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Jan Umphrey
Affiliation:
Section of Infection Control, Department of Medical Specialties, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Jeffrey Tarrand
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Joyce Neumann
Affiliation:
Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
Richard Champlin
Affiliation:
Department of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
*
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Section of Infection Control (Box 47), 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030
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Abstract

This is a report of six cases of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) that occurred among cancer patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation in a tertiary-care cancer hospital. Specific infection control measures that were taken to minimize the nosocomial spread of CDAD also are discussed.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , March 2000 , pp. 226 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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