What affects environmental contamination with C. difficile? New papers with Dr David Weber

<p>In this week's episode, Martin Kiernan talks to Dr David Webber, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina about recent papers on environmental contamination with Clostridioides difficile. We discuss antibiotics and the effect of asymptomatic carriage on risk of transmission. The papers we discuss are:</p> <ul><li>Warren BG, et al. The Impact of Infection Versus Colonization on Clostridioides difficile Environmental Contamination in Hospitalized Patients With Diarrhea. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022;9(4):ofac069.  <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac069</a> </li> <li>Turner NA, et al. Impact of Oral Metronidazole, Vancomycin, and Fidaxomicin on Host Shedding and Environmental Contamination With Clostridioides difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2022;74(4):648-656.  <a href='https://doi:10'>https://doi:10.1093/cid/ciab473</a> </li> </ul>