Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Infection in Inpatients: A Four-Year (2017-2020) Retrospective Study.

IF 4.3 2区医学 Q1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibiotics-Basel Pub Date : 2025-01-29 DOI:10.3390/antibiotics14020133

Chu-Hsuan Hsia, Hsiu-Yueh Su, Yi-Wen Chien

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Abstract

Background: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) impact on healthcare systems is concerning due to high treatment cost and increased hospitalization time. We found that the incidence rate of CDI increased annually at Taipei Medical University Hospital (TMUH). The study aimed to establish monitoring indicators for hospitalized patients receiving antibiotics to prevent CDI occurrences.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted to identify the risk factors of CDI among patients who were admitted to TMUH and tested for C. difficile. Patient demographics, patient history, and laboratory data were collected and analyzed.

Results: Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 score (NRS 2002) in CDI patients was significantly lower than in non-CDI patients (3.1 ± 1.7 vs. 3.5 ± 1.6). The percentage of tube feeding in CDI patients was significantly lower than in non-CDI patients (23.0% vs. 36.7%), whereas parenteral nutrition was higher (8.8% vs. 3.8%). Age (OR = 1.03, p = 0.00), NRS 2002 score (OR =0.86, p = 0.05), comorbidity with cardiovascular disease (OR = 1.73, p = 0.03) or pulmonary disease (OR = 3.72, p = 0.00), patients with tube feeding (OR = 2.02, p = 0.01), and the number of medications (OR = 1.15, p < 0.01) were significant predictors of CDI.

Conclusion: This study revealed that nutritional factors, including NRS 2002 scores and feeding routes, were associated with CDI, emphasizing the importance of nutritional factors as key predictors in managing and preventing CDI.

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Antibiotics-Basel Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics-General Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

CiteScore

7.30

自引率

14.60%

发文量

1547

审稿时长

11 weeks

期刊介绍： Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382) is an open access, peer reviewed journal on all aspects of antibiotics. Antibiotics is a multi-disciplinary journal encompassing the general fields of biochemistry, chemistry, genetics, microbiology and pharmacology. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of papers.