Comparison of the Risk of Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infections Among Patients in 2018 Versus 2013

Authors :: Alice Y Guh
Sarah H Yi
James Baggs
Lisa Winston
Erin Parker
Helen Johnston
Elizabeth Basiliere
Danyel Olson
Scott K Fridkin
Nirja Mehta
Lucy Wilson
Rebecca Perlmutter
Stacy M Holzbauer
Paige D’Heilly
Erin C Phipps
Kristina G Flores
Ghinwa K Dumyati
Trupti Hatwar
Rebecca Pierce
Valerie L S Ocampo
Christopher D Wilson
Jasmine J Watkins
Lauren Korhonen
Ashley Paulick
Michelle Adamczyk
Dale N Gerding
Sujan C Reddy
Source :: Open Forum Infect Dis
Publication Year :: 2022
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2022.
Abstract: Among persons with an initial Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) across 10 US sites in 2018 compared with 2013, 18.3% versus 21.1% had ≥1 recurrent CDI (rCDI) within 180 days. We observed a 16% lower adjusted risk of rCDI in 2018 versus 2013 (P

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