Impact of COVID19 pandemic on the incidence of health-care associated Clostridioides difficile infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the impact of COVID19 pandemic on the incidence of health-care associated Clostridioides difficile infection (HA-CDI).

Methods

Retrospective study conducted in the Hospital Universitario de Valme (HUV) and the Hospital General Universitario de Alicante (HGUA) in Spain between January 2019 and February 2021. The study period was divided into non-COVID19 period (2019 and months from 2020 to 2021 with ≤30 hospitalized COVID19 patients) and COVID19 period (months from 2020 to 2021 with >30 COVID19 patients). HA-CDI incidence rates (IR) were calculated as the number of new CDI cases per 10.000 occupied bed-days (OBD) and antimicrobial consumption by means of the defined daily dose (DDD) per 1000 OBD.

Results

During the COVID19 period, HA-CDI IR in

SUBMITTER: Merchante N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054722 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature