How to: Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11130%2F18%3A10375284" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11130/18:10375284 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00064203:_____/18:10375284
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.008" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.008</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.008" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cmi.2017.12.008</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How to: Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections
Original language description
Background: The increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in healthcare settings in Europe since 2003 has affected both patients and healthcare systems. The implementation of effective CDI surveillance is key to enable monitoring of the occurrence and spread of C. difficile in healthcare and the timely detection of outbreaks. Aims: The aim of this review is to provide a summary of key components of effective CDI surveillance and to provide some practical recommendations. We also summarize the recent and current national CDI surveillance activities, to illustrate strengths and weaknesses of CDI surveillance in Europe. Sources: For the definition of key components of CDI surveillance, we consulted the current European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) CDI-related guidance documents and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) protocol for CDI surveillance in acute care hospitals. To summarize the recent and current national CDI surveillance activities, we discussed international multicentre CDI surveillance studies performed in 2005-13. In 2017, we also performed a new survey of existing CDI surveillance systems in 33 European countries. Content: Key components for CDI surveillance are appropriate case definitions of CDI, standardized CDI diagnostics, agreement on CDI case origin definition, and the presentation of CDI rates with well-defined numerators and denominators. Incorporation of microbiological data is required to provide information on prevailing PCR ribotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility to first-line CDI treatment drugs. In 2017, 20 European countries had a national CDI surveillance system and 21 countries participated in ECDC-coordinated CDI surveillance. Since 2014, the number of centres with capacity for C. difficile typing has increased to 35 reference or central laboratories in 26 European countries.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10606 - Microbiology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
ISSN
1198-743X
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
469-475
UT code for WoS article
000430656300006
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85041538904