Predicting hospital-onset Clostridium difficile using patient mobility data: A network approach

A Successful Strategy to Reduce Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile

Clostridium difficile in a nursing home patient.

A 75-year old woman with a complex past medical history was found unresponsive in her nursing home room. She was transported to the Emergency Department where attempts at life support were unsuccessful. She had been admitted to the hospital two weeks earlier because of abdominal pain. According to the history, she had been experiencing diarrhea for the week prior to that admission. Her physicia...

ICU-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in a University Hospital in China: A Prospective Cohort Study

A prospective study was conducted to investigate the incidence, clinical profiles and outcome of ICU-onset CDI in a 50-bed medical ICU at a university hospital in China. Stools were collected from patients who developed ICU-onset diarrhea and was screened for tcdA (toxin A gene) and tcdB (toxin B gene) by PCR. CDI cases were compared with the ICU-onset non-CDI diarrhea cases for demographics, c...

A Multi-Pronged Approach to Control Healthcare Facility-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection in a Tertiary Care Community Hospital

Learning Data-Driven Patient Risk Stratification Models for Clostridium difficile

BACKGROUND Although many risk factors are well known, Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) continues to be a significant problem throughout the world. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a data-driven, hospital-specific risk stratification procedure for estimating the probability that an inpatient will test positive for C difficile. METHODS We consider electronic medical re...