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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• ZOMER, T. P.
• VAN DUIJKEREN, E.
• WIELDERS, C. C. H.
• VEENMAN, C.
• HENGEVELD, P.
• VAN DER HOEK, W.
• DE GREEFF, S. C.
• SMIT, L. A. M.
• HEEDERIK, D. J.
• YZERMANS, C. J.
• KUIJPER, E. J.
• MAASSEN, C. B. M.

Titel

Prevalence and risk factors for colonization of Clostridium difficile among adults living near livestock farms in the Netherlands

Ist Teil von

• Epidemiology and infection, 2017-10, Vol.145 (13), p.2745-2749

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A cross-sectional study was performed among 2494 adults not living or working on a farm to assess prevalence of Clostridium difficile (CD) colonization and risk factors in a livestock dense area. CD prevalence was 1·2%. Twenty-one persons were colonized with a toxigenic strain and nine with a non-toxigenic strain. CD-positive persons did not live closer to livestock farms than individuals negative for CD. Antibiotic exposure in the preceding 3 months was a risk factor for CD colonization (odds ratio 3·70; 95% confidence interval 1·25–10·95).