Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2018
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.
Volume
24
Issue
3
First Page
584
Last Page
587
ISSN
1080-6059
Published In/Presented At
Kamboj, M., Brite, J., Aslam, A., Kennington, J., Babady, N. E., Calfee, D., & ... Sepkowitz, K. (2018). Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 24(3), 584-587. doi:10.3201/eid2403.170961
Disciplines
Infectious Disease
PubMedID
29460760
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article