Clinical characteristics of community-onset Clostridioides difficile infections at a tertiary hospital in mainland China: A fourteen-year (2010-2023) retrospective study

• Main Authors: Xinrong Jiang (Author), Junyu Bian (Author), Tao Lv (Author), Lisi Zheng (Author), Yuhong Zhao (Author), Jianqin He (Author), Yunbo Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is an increasingly common disease in healthcare facilities and community settings. However, there are limited reports of community-onset CDI (CO-CDI) in China. Methods: We collected diarrheal stool samples from 3885 patients who went to outpatient...