<i>Clostridium difficile</i>: Investigating Transmission Patterns Between Infected and Colonized Patients Using Whole Genome Sequencing

Abstract

Colonized patients contribute to transmission, but CDI cases are more likely linked to other infected patients than colonized patients in this cohort with high rates of the NAP1/027/ST1 strain, highlighting the importance of local prevalence of virulent strains in determining transmission dynamics.