NYMC Faculty Publications
Transmission of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) from Patients Less than 3 Years of Age in a Pediatric Oncology Setting
Journal Title
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America
First Page
233
Last Page
236
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-2020
Department
Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Second Department
Medicine
Abstract
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is prevalent in pediatric oncology patients, but the transmission risk to peers is unknown. In 224 children with CDI, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) identified only 7 alleged transmission events (18%) originating from childrenWGS.
Recommended Citation
Robilotti, E., Huang, W., Babady, N., Chen, D., & Kamboj, M. (2020). Transmission of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) from Patients Less than 3 Years of Age in a Pediatric Oncology Setting. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 41 (2), 233-236. https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2019.360
