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Risk factors for hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections before and during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 pandemic

In this retrospective cohort from three Missouri hospitals from January 2017 to August 2020, hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) were more common during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic at the tertiary care hospital. Risk factors associat...

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Autores principales: Kwon, Jennie H., Nickel, Katelin B., Reske, Kimberly A., Stwalley, Dustin, Lyons, Patrick G., Michelson, Andrew, McMullen, Kathleen, Sahrmann, John M., Gandra, Sumanth, Olsen, Margaret A., Dubberke, Erik R., Burnham, Jason P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10228158/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37263419
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2023.05.015
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Sumario:In this retrospective cohort from three Missouri hospitals from January 2017 to August 2020, hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) were more common during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic at the tertiary care hospital. Risk factors associated with hospital-onset CDI included year of hospitalization, age, high-risk antibiotic use, acid-reducing medications, chronic comorbidities, and SARS-CoV-2 infection.