Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate reported rates of C. difficile infection. C. difficile surveillance should consider testing frequency.

authors

  • Kamboj, Mini
  • Brite, Jennifer
  • Aslam, Anoshe
  • Kennington, Jessica
  • Babady, N Esther
  • Calfee, David P.
  • Furuya, Yoko
  • Chen, Donald
  • Augenbraun, Michael
  • Ostrowsky, Belinda
  • Patel, Gopi
  • Mircescu, Monica
  • Kak, Vivek
  • Tuma, Roman
  • Karre, Teresa A
  • Fry, Deborah A
  • Duhaney, Yola P
  • Moyer, Amber
  • Mitchell, Denise
  • Cantu, Sherry
  • Hsieh, Candace
  • Warren, Nancy
  • Martin, Stacy
  • Willson, Jill
  • Dickman, Jeanne
  • Knight, Julie
  • Delahanty, Kim
  • Flood, Annemarie
  • Harrington, Jennifer
  • Korenstein, Deborah
  • Eagan, Janet
  • Sepkowitz, Kent Arthur

publication date

  • March 1, 2018

Research

keywords

  • Clostridioides difficile
  • Clostridium Infections
  • Health Status Disparities

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC5823336

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85042291127

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3201/eid2403.170961

PubMed ID

  • 29460760

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 24

issue

  • 3