Association of ward-level antibiotic consumption with healthcare-associated Clostridioides difficile infections: an ecological study in five German university hospitals, 2017-2019.

Anna Maria Rohde Alexander MischnikMichael BehnkeAriane DinkelackerSimone EisenbeisJane FalgenhauerPetra Gastmeier Georg HäckerSusanne HeroldCan ImirzaliogluNadja KädingEvelyn KrammeSilke PeterEllen Piepenbrock Jan Rupp Christian Schneider Frank Schwab Harald SeifertMichaela Steib-BauertEvelina TacconelliJanina TrauthMaria J G T VehreschildSarah V WalkerWinfried V Kern Nathalie Jazmatinull null

Published in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2023)

In the German university hospital setting, monthly ward-level carbapenem consumption seems to increase the HAHO-CDI incidence density predominantly on haematological-oncological wards. Furthermore, other patient-specific factors seem to be equally important to control HAHO-CDI.

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