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- Title
Clostridium difficile--associated disease in a setting of endemicity: identification of novel risk factors.
- Authors
Dubberke, Erik R; Reske, Kimberly A; Yan, Yan; Olsen, Margaret A; McDonald, L Clifford; Fraser, Victoria J
- Abstract
Previous studies of risk factors for Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) have been limited by small sample sizes and case-control study designs. Many of these studies were performed during outbreaks of CDAD. Colonization pressure and use of fluoroquinolones, vancomycin, and gastric acid suppressors have not been fully evaluated as risk factors for CDAD. The purpose of this study was to determine risk factors for endemic CDAD, including CDAD pressure, a modified version of colonization pressure.
- Publication
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 12, p1543
- ISSN
1537-6591
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1086/523582