Evidence of transmission of Clostridium difficile in asymptomatic patients following admission screening in a tertiary care hospital

• Prameet M. Sheth ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prameet.sheth@queensu.ca (PMS); amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca (AM); george.broukhanski@oahpp.ca(GB)

  Affiliations Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Division of Microbiology, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Katya Douchant,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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• Yvonne Uyanwune,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael Larocque,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Arravinth Anantharajah,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Emily Borgundvaag,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Lorraine Dales,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Liz McCreight,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Laura McNaught,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Christine Moore,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Kelsey Ragan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Allison McGeer ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prameet.sheth@queensu.ca (PMS); amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca (AM); george.broukhanski@oahpp.ca(GB)

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• George Broukhanski

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: prameet.sheth@queensu.ca (PMS); amcgeer@mtsinai.on.ca (AM); george.broukhanski@oahpp.ca(GB)

  ¶‡ These authors are co-senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Public Health Ontario Laboratories, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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