Recent trends and risk factors associated with Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Ellen J SpartzLauren C DeDeckerKush M FansiwalaShaya NoorianAndrew R RoneyShahrad HakimianJenny S SaukPo-Hung ChenBerkeley N LimketkaiPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2023)
Rates of CDI among hospitalized patients with IBD had initially increased, but have declined since 2015. Increased comorbidity, large hospital size, public insurance, and urban teaching hospitals were associated with higher rates of CDI. CDI was associated with increased mortality in hospitalized patients with IBD. Continued vigilance, infection control, and treatment of CDI can help continue the trend of declining infection rates.