Factors associated with an outbreak of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HO-HCFA CDI) in a Mexican tertiary care hospital: A case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify clinical and environmental factors associated with an outbreak of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile infection (HO-HCFA CDI).

Design

Case-control study.

Setting

Public, acute care, academic tertiary referral center in Mexico.

Patients

Adults hospitalized ≥48 hours between January 2015 and December 2016 were included. Cases were patients with a first episode of HO-HCFA CDI. Controls were patients with any other diagnosis; they were randomly selected from the hospital discharge database and matched in a 1:2 manner according to the date of diagnosis of case ± 10 days. Variables with p<0.1 were considered for multivariable analysis.

Results

One hundred and fifty-five cases and 310 controls were included

SUBMITTER: Ochoa-Hein E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5973614 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature