| Title |
Characterisation and Carriage Ratio of Clostridium difficile Strains Isolated from a Community-Dwelling Elderly Population in the United Kingdom
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0022804 |
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| Authors |
Fabio Miyajima, Paul Roberts, Andrew Swale, Valerie Price, Maureen Jones, Michael Horan, Nicholas Beeching, Jonathan Brazier, Christopher Parry, Neil Pendleton, Munir Pirmohamed |
| Abstract |
Community-associated Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) appears to be an increasing problem. Reported carriage rates by C. difficile are debatable with suggestions that primary asymptomatic carriage is associated with decreased risk of subsequent diarrhoea. However, knowledge of potential reservoirs and intestinal carriage rates in the community, particularly in the elderly, the most susceptible group, is limited. We have determined the presence of C. difficile in the faeces of a healthy elderly cohort living outside of long-term care facilities (LCFs) in the United Kingdom. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 75 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 23 | 29% |
| Other | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 9% |
| Other | 14 | 18% |
| Unknown | 8 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 15% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 9 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 15% |
| Unknown | 13 | 16% |