Clostridium difficile Carriage in Healthy Infants in the Community: A Potential Reservoir for Pathogenic Strains

Abstract

This study provides information on the dynamics of colonization in infants in the community and on the genotype of involved strains. C. difficile colonization appears mainly as an age-dependent process. Pathogenic strains circulate in asymptomatic infants from the community, who represent a potential reservoir of pathogenic strains.