The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of hospital-acquired infection with Clostridium difficile on length of stay in hospital is not yet fully understood. We determined the independent impact of hospital-acquired infection with C. difficile on length of stay in hospital.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational cohort study of admissions to hospital between July 1, 2002, and Mar. 31, 2009, at a single academic hospital. We measured the association between infection with hospital-acquired C. difficile and time to discharge from hospital using Kaplan-Meier methods and a Cox multivariable proportional hazards regression model. We controlled for baseline risk of death and accounted for C. difficile as a time-varying effect.

Results

Hospital-acquired infection with C. difficile

SUBMITTER: Forster AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3255231 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature