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2016-07-21Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.29.30291
Survey of Clostridium difficile infection surveillance systems in Europe, 2011
dc.contributor.authorKola, Axel
dc.contributor.authorWiuff, C.
dc.contributor.authorAkerlund, T.
dc.contributor.authorBenthem, B. H. van
dc.contributor.authorCoignard, B.
dc.contributor.authorLyytikäinen, O.
dc.contributor.authorWeitzel-Kage, Doris
dc.contributor.authorSuetens, C.
dc.contributor.authorWilcox, M. H.
dc.contributor.authorKuijper, Ed J.
dc.contributor.authorGastmeier, Petra
dc.contributor.authorEckmanns, Tim
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T19:08:52Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T19:08:52Z
dc.date.created2016-07-27
dc.date.issued2016-07-21none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/rebFPtE2v8Vk/PDF/21LxpQhNPJ.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/2356
dc.description.abstractTo develop a European surveillance protocol for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), existing national CDI surveillance systems were assessed in 2011. A web-based electronic form was provided for all national coordinators of the European CDI Surveillance Network (ECDIS-Net). Of 35 national coordinators approached, 33 from 31 European countries replied. Surveillance of CDI was in place in 14 of the 31 countries, comprising 18 different nationwide systems. Three of 14 countries with CDI surveillance used public health notification of cases as the route of reporting, and in another three, reporting was limited to public health notification of cases of severe CDI. The CDI definitions published by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) were widely used, but there were differing definitions to distinguish between community- and healthcare-associated cases. All CDI surveillance systems except one reported annual national CDI rates (calculated as number of cases per patient-days). Only four surveillance systems regularly integrated microbiological data (typing and susceptibility testing results). Surveillance methods varied considerably between countries, which emphasises the need for a harmonised European protocol to allow consistent monitoring of the CDI epidemiology at European level. The results of this survey were used to develop a harmonised EU-wide hospital-based CDI surveillance protocol.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionsepidemiologie
dc.subjectEuropeeng
dc.subjectClostridium difficileeng
dc.subjectsurveillanceeng
dc.subjectCDIeng
dc.subjectprotocoleng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleSurvey of Clostridium difficile infection surveillance systems in Europe, 2011
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10045850
dc.identifier.doi10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.29.30291
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/2281
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