Seek and you shall find: prevalence of Clostridium difficile in Wuhan, China

Jodi Galaydick; Yaqing Xu; Lisa Sun; Emily Landon; Stephen G Weber; Daiyan Sun; Junying Zhou; Renslow Sherer

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.008

Seek and you shall find: prevalence of Clostridium difficile in Wuhan, China

Am J Infect Control. 2015 Mar 1;43(3):301-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.008. Epub 2015 Jan 1.

Authors

Jodi Galaydick¹, Yaqing Xu², Lisa Sun³, Emily Landon³, Stephen G Weber³, Daiyan Sun⁴, Junying Zhou⁴, Renslow Sherer³

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: Jodi.Galaydick@stvincents.org.
² Infection Control, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
³ Infectious Diseases and Global Health, University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL.
⁴ Infection Control, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.

PMID: 25557771
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2014.11.008

Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the leading health care acquired-infections in the United States, but much of the epidemiology and burden of disease is unknown in China. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible risk factors of CDI among hospitalized patients with diarrhea in Wuhan, China. The overall prevalence of CDI was 28% (31/111). The findings of this study suggest the prevalence of CDI in hospitalized patients with diarrhea is higher then what has been previously reported in the current literature.

Keywords: China; Clostridium difficile; Hospital-acquired infections; Prevalence.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
China / epidemiology
Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Young Adult