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| Title |
Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile: a hospital-based descriptive study in Argentina and Mexico
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| Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, August 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.bjid.2014.07.004 |
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| Authors |
Gustavo Lopardo, Rayo Morfin-Otero, Iliana Isabel Moran-Vazquez, Fernando Noriega, Betzana Zambrano, Christine Luxemburger, Ginamarie Foglia, Enrique Eduardo Rivas |
| Abstract |
A prospective study was conducted in four tertiary hospitals in Argentina and Mexico in order to describe the occurrence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in these settings. The objective was to evaluate the incidence of CDI in at-risk populations in Argentina (one center) and Mexico (three centers) and to further explore potential study sites for vaccine development in this region. A prospective, descriptive, CDI surveillance study was conducted among hospitalized patients aged ≥40 years who had received ≥48h of antibiotic treatment. Stool samples were collected from those with diarrhea within 30 days after starting antibiotics and analyzed for toxins A and B by ELISA, and positive samples were further tested by toxinogenic culture and restriction endonuclease analysis type assay. Overall, 466 patients were enrolled (193 in Argentina and 273 in Mexico) of whom 414 completed the follow-up. Of these, 15/414 (3.6%) experienced CDI episodes occurring on average 18.1 days after admission to hospital and 15.9 days after the end of antibiotics treatment. The incidence rate of CDI was 3.1 (95% CI 1.7-5.2) per 1000 patient-days during hospitalization, and 1.1 (95% CI 0.6-1.8) per 1000 patient-days during the 30-day follow-up period. This study highlighted the need for further evaluation of the burden of CDI in both countries, including the cases occurring after discharge from hospital. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1 | 25% |
| India | 1 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 78 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 12% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 18 | 23% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 24% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 12% |
| Unknown | 25 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 January 2015.
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#15,739,529
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#339
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#129,227
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#5
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So far Altmetric has tracked 809 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 56% of its peers.
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