C. difficile transmission in Oxfordshire hospitals 2006-2009

Summary of findings: In an endemic setting, with well-implemented infection control measures, ward-based contact with other patients with C. difficile diarrhoea cannot account for the majority of new cases – no more than 25% of new cases in Oxfordshire over 2 years could be linked to a previous source based on strain-typing and ward movements.

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