Predictors of Mortality Among a National Cohort of Veterans With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection | Zendy

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Predictors of Mortality Among a National Cohort of Veterans With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

Author(s) -

Haley J. Appaneal,

Aisling R. Caffrey,

Maya Beganovic,

Sanja Avramovic,

Kerry L. LaPlante

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofy175

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , confidence interval , odds ratio , logistic regression , cohort , mortality rate , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

In our national cohort of Veterans, crude mortality decreased by 44% from the initial episode to the third recurrence. Treatment with antibiotics, use of PPIs, and underlying comorbidities were important predictors of mortality in recurrent CDI. Our study assists health care providers in identifying patients at high risk of death after CDI recurrence.

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