Control of nosocomial Clostridium difficile transmission in bone marrow transplant patients

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Mar;21(3):226-8. doi: 10.1086/501751.

Abstract

This is a report of six cases of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) that occurred among cancer patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation in a tertiary-care cancer hospital. Specific infection control measures that were taken to minimize the nosocomial spread of CDAD also are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Clostridioides difficile / isolation & purification*
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
  • Clostridium Infections / microbiology
  • Clostridium Infections / prevention & control*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / therapy*