Use of whole-genome sequencing to guide a Clostridioides difficile diagnostic stewardship program.
Citation: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 40(7):804-806, 2019 07.PMID: 31088580Institution: MedStar Health | MedStar Institute for Quality and Safety | MedStar Washington Hospital CenterDepartment: Information Services | Medicine/Infectious Diseases | Medicine/Internal Medicine | Pathology and Laboratory MedicineForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: *Clostridium difficile/ge [Genetics] | *Clostridium difficile/ip [Isolation & Purification] | *Clostridium Infections/di [Diagnosis] | *Clostridium Infections/tm [Transmission] | *Cross Infection/di [Diagnosis] | Cross Infection/mi [Microbiology] | Cross Infection/tm [Transmission] | Genome, Bacterial | Health Facilities | Humans | Ribotyping | Whole Genome SequencingYear: 2019ISSN:- 0899-823X
- Wortmann, Glenn W:
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7801-8871
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Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has yielded new insights into the transmission patterns of healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI). WGS results prompted a focused diagnostic stewardship program, which was associated with a significant and sustained decrease in HO-CDI at large, urban hospital.
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