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

Kamboj, Mini; Brite, Jennifer; Aslam, Anoshe; Kennington, Jessica; Babady, N. Esther; Calfee, David; Furuya, Yoko; Chen, Donald; Augenbraun, Michael; Ostrowsky, Belinda; Patel, Gopi; Mircescu, Monica; Kak, Vivek; Tuma, Roman; Karre, Teresa A.; Fry, Deborah A.; Duhaney, Yola P.; Moyer, Amber; Mitchell, Denise; Cantu, Sherry; Hsieh, Candace; Warren, Nancy; Martin, Stacy; Willson, Jill; Dickman, Jeanne; Knight, Julie; Delahanty, Kim; Flood, Annemarie; Harrington, Jennifer; Korenstein, Deborah; Eagan, Janet; Sepkowitz, Kent

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

Published Date:

Mar 2018

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Emerg Infect Dis. 24(3):584-587.

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Kamboj, Mini ; Brite, Jennifer ; Aslam, Anoshe ; Kennington, Jessica ; Babady, N. Esther ; ... More ▼

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29460760

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PMC5823336

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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.

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