Occurrence and trends of Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitalized patients: a prospective multi-centre cohort study in six German university hospitals, 2016-2020.
N JazmatiA MischnikW V KernM BehnkeT ChakrabortyA DinkelackerS EisenbeisJ FalgenhauerP GastmeierG HäckerC ImirzaliogluN KädingE KrammeS PeterE PiepenbrockJ RuppC SchneiderF SchwabH SeifertE TacconelliJ TrauthL BiehlS V WalkerA M Rohdenull nullPublished in: The Journal of hospital infection (2024)
Compared with a European point-prevalence study in 2013/2014, where overall CDI incidence density was 11.2 cases/10,000 pd in Germany (EUCLID), we see in our study halved overall CDI rates of 5.6 cases/10,000 pd in 2020. Our study shows current data on the distribution of CDI cases in German university hospitals and thus provides international comparative data on the key indicators of CDI.