531. Reducing Inappropriate Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Diagnoses

1624Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile

The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on in-hospital mortality.

BACKGROUND The effects of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) on patient outcomes are incompletely understood. We conducted this study to determine the independent impact of hospital-acquired CDI on in-hospital mortality after adjusting for the time-varying nature of CDI and baseline mortality risk at hospital admission. METHODS This retrospective observational study used ...

Epidemiology of suspected Clostridium difficile-associated hospital-acquired diarrhea in hospitalized patients at Siriraj Hospital.

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) is an important cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence, risk factors, diagnosis, treatments and outcomes of the patients with CDAD in hospitalized patients at Siriraj Hospital. MATERIAL AND METHOD The medical records of hospitalized patients aged older than 14 years who developed hospital-acquired...

The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital.

BACKGROUND The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital is not yet fully understood. We determined the independent impact of hospital-acquired infection with C. difficile on length of stay in hospital. METHODS We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study of admissions to hospital between July 1, 2002, and Mar. 31, 2009, at a sin...

Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infection, Queensland, Australia

in the case-patient’s family or the community. On the basis of a matching surname, case-patient E was determined to be a member of the same family as case-patients P20, P26, and likely C. Soft tissue infection was documented in all 5 casepatients, supporting the original observation that ST2371 is associated with disease. Evidence of familial transmission in the original outbreak is further sup...