Original articleCommunity-acquired Clostridium difficile infection
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2010, Journal of Hospital InfectionCitation Excerpt :The distinction between community- and hospital-acquired cases is relevant because of the competing focus on targets by NHS primary care trusts and acute trusts, and, more importantly, in order to understand more accurately the epidemiology of CDAD.5 Definitions for community-acquired cases in different studies have ranged from any case diagnosed in the community or within 48 h of admission to hospital, irrespective of previous admissions, to only cases diagnosed in the community or within 48 h of admission with no hospital admission in the previous 90 days.6–11 Using these definitions, the number of community-acquired cases in our study ranges from 103 cases (37%) to 28 cases (10%).
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