Role of Coinfecting Strains in Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2016 Dec;37(12):1481-1484. doi: 10.1017/ice.2016.187. Epub 2016 Aug 30.

Abstract

The contribution of mixed infection in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) episodes is not known. Among paired isolates from 52 patients, mixed infection due to >1 toxigenic strain of C. difficile was identified in 8% of first episodes. Among recurrences, relapse from 1 or both co-infecting strains was uncommon; it was detected in a single case each. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;1481-1484.

MeSH terms

  • Clostridioides difficile / genetics
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology*
  • Coinfection / epidemiology
  • Coinfection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • New York City / epidemiology
  • Recurrence