Transmission of Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) from Patients Less than 3 Years of Age in a Pediatric Oncology Setting

Abstract

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is prevalent in pediatric oncology patients, but the transmission risk to peers is unknown. In 224 children with CDI, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) identified only 7 alleged transmission events (18%) originating from childrenWGS