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| Title |
Aerial Dissemination of Clostridium difficilespores
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, January 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-8-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Katherine Roberts, Caroline F Smith, Anna M Snelling, Kevin G Kerr, Kathleen R Banfield, P Andrew Sleigh, Clive B Beggs |
| Abstract |
Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea (CDAD) is a frequently occurring healthcare-associated infection, which is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality amongst elderly patients in healthcare facilities. Environmental contamination is known to play an important contributory role in the spread of CDAD and it is suspected that contamination might be occurring as a result of aerial dissemination of C. difficile spores. However previous studies have failed to isolate C. difficile from air in hospitals. In an attempt to clarify this issue we undertook a short controlled pilot study in an elderly care ward with the aim of culturing C. difficile from the air. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 8 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 3 | 38% |
| France | 1 | 13% |
| Finland | 1 | 13% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 13% |
| Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 13% |
| Scientists | 1 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 22 | 16% |
| Researcher | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 11 | 8% |
| Other | 25 | 19% |
| Unknown | 32 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 34 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 17 | 13% |
| Engineering | 10 | 7% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 10 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 23 | 17% |
| Unknown | 37 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 154. 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 13 December 2023.
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#268,643
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#71
of 8,664 outputs
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#600
of 169,449 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#1
of 13 outputs
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