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Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea, Montréal, 2005–2006: Frequency Estimates and Their Validity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Robert Allard ,
André Dascal ,
Bakary Camara ,
Josiane Létourneau  and
Louise Valiquette
Robert Allard*
Affiliation:
Public Health Department, Montréal Health and Social Services Agency, Montréal, Québec, Canada Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
André Dascal
Affiliation:
Public Health Department, Montréal Health and Social Services Agency, Montréal, Québec, Canada Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Bakary Camara
Affiliation:
Public Health Department, Montréal Health and Social Services Agency, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Josiane Létourneau
Affiliation:
Public Health Department, Montréal Health and Social Services Agency, Montréal, Québec, Canada Department of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Louise Valiquette
Affiliation:
Public Health Department, Montréal Health and Social Services Agency, Montréal, Québec, Canada Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
*
Direction de santé publique, ASSS, 1301 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montréal, QC H2L 1M3, Canada (rallard@ santepub-mtl.qc.ca)
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Abstract

A retrospective search for community-acquired Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in 15 hospitals revealed important discrepancies with numbers for the same period reported in real time to the surveillance system. Several of the observed problems could be solved by implementing case-by-case notification with subsequent investigation by local public health, as for other reportable diseases.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 32 , Issue 10 , October 2011 , pp. 1032 - 1034
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2011

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