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Volume 27, Number 7—July 2021
Synopsis

Risks and Preventive Strategies for Clostridioides difficile Transmission to Household or Community Contacts during Transition in Healthcare Settings

Ramin AsgaryComments to Author , Jessica A. Snead, Nabeel A. Wahid, Vicky Ro, Marina Halim, and Judy C. Stribling
Author affiliations: George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA (R. Asgary); Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA (R. Asgary, N.A. Wahid, J.C. Stribling); New York Presbyterian Hospital of Cornell University, New York (J.A. Snead, N.A. Wahid, M. Halim); Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York (V. Ro)

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Table 2

Results of literature review search on prevention and treatment/management of Clostridioides difficile infection to family members and community from an index hospital patient, by database, September 2019

Database Search strategy for prevention Search strategy for management Results Key features of search engine
PubMed
 Full search
 Full search
 2,215
 Index to articles in medical journals and other selected biomedical literature
Cochrane Library
 Full search
 Full search
 435
 Database of systematic reviews of primary research in human healthcare and health policy
Web of Science
 Search limited to 50 terms
 Search limited to 50 terms
 1,494
 Helpful for topics that border on social science
EMBASE
 Full search
 Full search
 1,653
 European alternative to PubMed; helpful for topics with an international focus
Gray literature Full search Full search 1      Manifold document types produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in print and electronic formats.

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