Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing.

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.

journal_name

Emerg Infect Dis

authors

Kamboj M,Brite J,Aslam A,Kennington J,Babady NE,Calfee D,Furuya Y,Chen D,Augenbraun M,Ostrowsky B,Patel G,Mircescu M,Kak V,Tuma R,Karre TA,Fry DA,Duhaney YP,Moyer A,Mitchell D,Cantu S,Hsieh C,Warren N,Martin S

doi

10.3201/eid2403.170961

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-03-01 00:00:00

pages

584-587

issue

3

eissn

1080-6040

issn

1080-6059

journal_volume

24

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