Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Clostridium difficile Carriage in Healthy Infants in the Community: A Potential Reservoir for Pathogenic Strains

2012; Oxford University Press; Volume: 55; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/cid/cis637

1537-6591

Clotilde Rousseau, I. Poîlane, Loïc de Pontual, A.-C. Maherault, Alban Le Monnier, Anne Collignon,

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Background. Clostridium difficile has long been considered to be a nosocomial pathogen but has emerged in the community in recent years. During infancy, asymptomatic C. difficile colonization is common. However, knowledge of colonization determinants and strain characteristics is limited. We studied the dynamics of C. difficile colonization in healthy infants from the community. Determinants of colonization and strain genotypes were also determined in a cohort of infants attending day nurseries.