Epidemiology, risk factors, and outcome of Clostridium difficile infection in heart and heart-lung transplant recipients.

Jackrapong BruminhentKelly A CawcuttCharat ThongprayoonTanya M PettersonWalter K KremersRaymund R Razonable

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2017)

Clostridium difficile infection after HT is more common among patients with combined heart-lung and those undergoing retransplantation. CDI was associated with a higher risk of mortality in HT recipients.

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risk factors
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
cardiovascular disease
kidney transplantation