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| Title |
Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in Asia
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2047-2994-2-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Deirdre A Collins, Peter M Hawkey, Thomas V Riley |
| Abstract |
While Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has come to prominence as major epidemics have occurred in North America and Europe over the recent decade, awareness and surveillance of CDI in Asia have remained poor. Limited studies performed throughout Asia indicate that CDI is also a significant nosocomial pathogen in this region, but the true prevalence of CDI remains unknown. A lack of regulated antibiotic use in many Asian countries suggests that the prevalence of CDI may be comparatively high. Molecular studies indicate that ribotypes 027 and 078, which have caused significant outbreaks in other regions of the world, are rare in Asia. However, variant toxin A-negative/toxin B-positive strains of ribotype 017 have caused epidemics across several Asian countries. Ribotype smz/018 has caused widespread disease across Japan over the last decade and more recently emerged in Korea. This review summarises current knowledge on CDI in Asian countries. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 25% |
| United States | 3 | 19% |
| Australia | 2 | 13% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Ireland | 1 | 6% |
| Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 1 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 2 | 13% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 8 | 50% |
| Scientists | 6 | 38% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 195 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 191 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 15% |
| Researcher | 26 | 13% |
| Other | 19 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 7% |
| Other | 35 | 18% |
| Unknown | 53 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 27% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 20 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 17 | 9% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Unknown | 58 | 30% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2017.
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