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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Synopsis

Risks and Preventive Strategies for Clostridioides difficile Transmission to Household or Community Contacts during Transition in Healthcare Settings

Ramin AsgaryComments to Author , Jessica A. Snead, Nabeel A. Wahid, Vicky Ro, Marina Halim, and Judy C. Stribling
Author affiliations: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (R. Asgary); Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA (R. Asgary, N.A. Wahid, J.C. Stribling); New York Presbyterian Hospital of Cornell University, New York (J.A. Snead, N.A. Wahid, M. Halim); Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (V. Ro)

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Table 1

Search terms and databases used for systematic review of Clostridioides difficile infection*

Bibliographic database Search terms/condition Search terms/carrier state
OVID MEDLINE
 Clostridium difficile, Clostridium Infections, Clostridium adj4 poisoning, Clostridium Perfringen, Clostridium sordell*, Infect* adj3 perfringen*
 Carrier State, carrier and state, Cross infection, Cross and Infect*, infect* adj2 nosocomial
EMBASE
 Clostridium difficile, Clostridium difficills*, Clostridium Infection, Clostridial Disease, Clostridial Infection* Clostridi*adj4 poisonin*, Clostridi* perfringen*, Clostridi* Sordell*
 Carrier State, Cross Infection, Infect* and Cross, Infect* adj2 nosocomial
Web of Science
 Clostridium difficile, Clostridium Infections, Clostridium Infection, Clostridium Poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridicum Perfringen, Clostridium Sordellii
 Carrier State, Cross Infection, Nosocomial Infection, Nosocomial Infections
Cochrane Library
 Clostridium difficile, Clostridium Infections, Clostridium Poisoning, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium sordellii
 Carrier State, Cross Infection, Nosocomial Infection, Nosocomial Infections
Gray literature Clostridium Infection Cross Infection

*Filters/limits were limit 2000‒present and English language. Asterisks indicate truncation for other variations or modified versions of a searched word (e.g., shortened, misspelled, or differently spelled versions). This search includes all versions of Clostridi and Clostridium difficile, including Clostridioides, which also are shown in citations used for this paper.

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