Clostridium difficile Infections amongst Patients with Haematological Malignancies: A Data Linkage Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Identify risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and assess CDI outcomes among Australian patients with a haematological malignancy.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study involving all patients admitted to hospitals in Western Australia with a haematological malignancy from July 2011 to June 2012. Hospital admission data were linked with all hospital investigated CDI case data. Potential risk factors were assessed by logistic regression. The risk of death within 60 and 90 days of CDI was assessed by Cox Proportional Hazards regression.

Results

There were 2085 patients of whom 65 had at least one CDI. Twenty percent of CDI cases were either community-acquired, indeterminate source or had only single-day admissions in the 28 days prior to CDI. U

SUBMITTER: Selvey LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4912117 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature