Association of Household Pets, Common Dietary Factors, and Lifestyle Factors with Clostridium difficile Infection | Zendy

Jeffrey Berinstein | Zendy; Calen A. Steiner | Zendy; Katelin J. Roth | Zendy; Emily Briggs | Zendy; Krishna Rao | Zendy; Peter Higgins | Zendy

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Association of Household Pets, Common Dietary Factors, and Lifestyle Factors with Clostridium difficile Infection

Author(s) -

Jeffrey Berinstein,

Calen A. Steiner,

Katelin J. Roth,

Emily Briggs,

Krishna Rao,

Peter Higgins

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

digestive diseases and sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14

H-Index - 124

eISSN - 1573-2568

pISSN - 0163-2116

DOI - 10.1007/s10620-020-06123-7

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , logistic regression , odds ratio , hepatology , case control study , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Since owning a cat or dog could enrich the gut microbiome, we hypothesized that it would be protective against CDI.

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