Dolors Rodríguez-Pardo, Benito Almirante, Rosa M Bartolomé, Virginia Pomar, Beatriz Mirelis, Ferran Navarro, Alex Soriano, Luisa Sorlí, Joaquín Martínez-Montauti, Maria Teresa Molins, Maily Lung, Jordi Vila, Albert Pahissa
Prospective hospital-based surveillance for Clostridium difficile-associated disease (CDAD) was conducted in Barcelona (Spain) to describe the epidemiology of this condition and investigate the risk factors for an unfavorable outcome. All patients diagnosed with CDAD during 2009 were included. Using logistic regression modeling, we analyzed the potential risk factors associated with recurrent and complicated CDAD, defined as a need for colectomy or death within 30 days. There were 365 episodes of CDAD, yielding an incidence of 22...
May 2013: Journal of Clinical Microbiology