Evaluation of the genomic epidemiology and transmission of Clostridioides difficile infection across a community

• Main Authors: Brenda Tesini (Author), Samantha Taffner (Author), Trupti Hatwar (Author), Steven Gill (Author), Ghinwa Dumyati (Author), Nicole Pecora (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a major cause of morbidity and healthcare costs in the United States. The epidemiology of CDI has recently shifted, with healthcare-associated (HCA) CDI trending downward and community-associated (CA)-CDI becoming more prominent. The cause of t...