1 in 11 people over age 65 diagnosed with a healthcare-associated C. difficile infection die within one month.
Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)
General Information
Clostridioides difficile (C. difficile) is an anaerobic bacterium, widely distributed in soil and the intestinal tracts of animals.
Currently, no vaccine is licensed for the prevention of CDI.
Transmission
The transmission of C. difficile can be patient-to-patient, via contaminated hands of healthcare workers or by environmental contamination.
Symptoms
The clinical spectrum of C. difficile infection (CDI) ranges from mild diarrhoea to severe life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis.
Epidemiology
Nearly 124,000 healthcare-associated C. difficile infections (CDIs) occur annually in acute care hospitals in the EU/EEA, and 3,700 deaths.
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