Hospital-level high-risk antibiotic use in relation to hospital-associated Clostridioides difficile infections: Retrospective analysis of 2016-2017 data from US hospitals.

Ying P TabakArjun SrinivasanKalvin C YuStephen G KurtzVikas GuptaSteven GelonePatrick J ScobleL Clifford McDonald

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2019)

High-risk antibiotic use is an independent predictor of HA CDI. This assessment of poststewardship implementation in the United States highlights the importance of tracking trends of antimicrobial use over time as it relates to CDI.

Keyphrases

healthcare
clostridium difficile
acute care
primary care
staphylococcus aureus
adverse drug
cross sectional
big data
emergency department
artificial intelligence