Survey of Clostridium difficile infection surveillance systems in Europe, 2011.

Abstract:

:To develop a European surveillance protocol for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), existing national CDI surveillance systems were assessed in 2011. A web-based electronic form was provided for all national coordinators of the European CDI Surveillance Network (ECDIS-Net). Of 35 national coordinators approached, 33 from 31 European countries replied. Surveillance of CDI was in place in 14 of the 31 countries, comprising 18 different nationwide systems. Three of 14 countries with CDI surveillance used public health notification of cases as the route of reporting, and in another three, reporting was limited to public health notification of cases of severe CDI. The CDI definitions published by the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) were widely used, but there were differing definitions to distinguish between community- and healthcare-associated cases. All CDI surveillance systems except one reported annual national CDI rates (calculated as number of cases per patient-days). Only four surveillance systems regularly integrated microbiological data (typing and susceptibility testing results). Surveillance methods varied considerably between countries, which emphasises the need for a harmonised European protocol to allow consistent monitoring of the CDI epidemiology at European level. The results of this survey were used to develop a harmonised EU-wide hospital-based CDI surveillance protocol.

journal_name

Euro Surveill

authors

Kola A,Wiuff C,Akerlund T,van Benthem BH,Coignard B,Lyytikäinen O,Weitzel-Kage D,Suetens C,Wilcox MH,Kuijper EJ,Gastmeier P,members of ECDIS-Net.

doi

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.29.30291

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-07-21 00:00:00

issue

29

eissn

1025-496X

issn

1560-7917

pii

30291

journal_volume

21

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