Risk Factors Associated With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

Risk Factors for Recurrent Pedatric Community Associated Clostridium difficile Infection

Risk Factors for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection in Pediatric Inpatients.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors during the incident Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) episode, associated with developing recurrent CDI within 60 days, among hospitalized children that may be amenable to intervention. METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of pediatric patients hospitalized at a freestanding children's hospital from January 1, 2...

Risk factors for early recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea.

Recurrence is a common sequela of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDD) and may increase morbidity, costs, and treatment-related antimicrobial resistance. Because recurrent CDD (RCDD) frequently occurs very soon after an initial episode, our goal was to determine the risk factors for early RCDD (occurring < or = 45 days after the initial episode). We conducted a case-control study, co...

Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children.

OBJECTIVE To characterize the medication and other exposures associated with pediatric community-associated Clostridium difficile infections (CA-CDIs). STUDY DESIGN We performed a case-control study using billing records from the US military health system database. CA-CDI cases included children 1-18 years of age with an outpatient International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Cli...

Risk Factors for Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection in Children