Treating Clostridium difficile infection in patients presenting with hematological malignancies: Are current guidelines applicable?

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:Adults with hematological malignancies are at high-risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), but no guidelines for CDI treatment are available in this population. Our primary objective was to evaluate the clinical outcomes in CDI patients with hematological malignancies. Our secondary objectives were to describe CDI severity using the main clinical guidelines and to evaluate the compliance of treatment choice with published guidelines. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Single-center, retrospective, observational case series including every consecutive adult patient with a confirmed diagnosis of CDI admitted in the hematology unit of our teaching hospital. Each CDI episode was classified as moderate, severe, or complicated according to the main clinical guidelines (IDSA 2010, AJG 2013, ESCMID 2014). RESULTS:Twenty-three episodes of CDI in 19 patients admitted to the hematology unit occurred between June 2012 and October 2013. Clinical cure was achieved for 20 episodes (87%). Ten weeks after diagnosis, global cure was reached for 14 episodes (61%) whereas recurrence occurred in two episodes (10%). The mortality rate reached 37% (7/19) but the attributable mortality rate was 5% (1/19). ESCMID criteria more frequently classified patients in the severe category compared with the two other classifications. Prescription compliance with clinical guidelines was observed in 61% of episodes with IDSA criteria, 43% with AJG, and 9% with ESCMID. CONCLUSIONS:IDSA and AJG assessment may underestimate the potential risk of unfavorable clinical outcome. Further prospective studies on a larger cohort are needed to develop adequate treatment guidelines for CDI in hematology settings.

journal_name

Med Mal Infect

authors

Robin C,Héquette-Ruz R,Guery B,Boyle E,Herbaux C,Galperine T

doi

10.1016/j.medmal.2017.07.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-12-01 00:00:00

pages

532-539

issue

8

eissn

0399-077X

issn

1769-6690

pii

S0399-077X(16)30779-X

journal_volume

47

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