Clostridium difficile infection in hospitalized octogenarian patients.

Anca TrifanIrina GirleanuCarol StanciuEgidia MiftodeCamelia CojocariuAna-Maria SingeapCatalin SfartiStefan ChiriacTudor CuciureanuOana Stoica

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2017)

Hospitalized octogenarians with comorbidities, recently hospitalized or receiving antibiotic treatment are at risk for C. difficile infection. Clinicians evaluating such patients should have a high index of suspicion for this infection. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 315-320.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
palliative care
patient reported