[Preliminary epidemiological study of carriers of Clostridium difficile].

171 samples have been taken from stools of sick persons in three departments of university and hospital centres of Algiers (C.H.U.A.): the department of maternity (C.H.U Parnet), the department of breast diseases (CPMC), the department of women's surgery (CPMC), 13 samples of C. difficile have been isolated with a frequency of 7.6 per 100 of cases. The rate of conveyance seems more important in adults in hospitals and often concerns sick persons enduring digestive cancer (10.25 per 100) or newborn with a frequency of 8.73 per 100.