Healthcare-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections and Strain Diversity in Pediatric Hospitals in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, 2007-2011

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2015 Dec;4(4):e151-4. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piv011. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Abstract

Children with healthcare-associated Clostridium difficile infection were identified. The incidence increased from 3.2/10,000 patient days in 2007 to 5.2/10,000 patient days in 2011 (p < 0.001). Of 169 isolates, the most common North American Pulsed-Field (NAP) types were NAP4 (n = 43; (25.4%), and NAP1 (n = 25;14.8%) while 55 (32.6%) were non-assigned NAP types.

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; child; healthcare-associated infection; strain typing.

Publication types

  • Observational Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Clostridioides difficile / classification
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Hospitals, Pediatric
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant