| Literature DB >> 29329918 |
Alice Y Guh1, Yi Mu2, James Baggs2, Lisa G Winston3, Wendy Bamberg4, Carol Lyons5, Monica M Farley6, Lucy E Wilson7, Stacy M Holzbauer8, Erin C Phipps9, Zintars G Beldavs10, Marion A Kainer11, Maria Karlsson2, Dale N Gerding12, Ghinwa Dumyati13.
Abstract
During 2011-2015, the adjusted long-term-care facility onset Clostridium difficile infection incidence rate in persons aged ≥65 years decreased annually by 17.45% (95% confidence interval, 14.53%-20.43%) across 10 US sites. A concomitant decline in inpatient fluoroquinolone use and the C difficile epidemic strain NAP1/027 among persons aged ≥65 years may have contributed to the decrease in long-term-care facility-onset C difficile infection incidence rate. Published by Elsevier Inc.Entities:
Keywords: Fluoroquinolone; NAP1/027
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29329918 PMCID: PMC6489441 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.11.026
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Infect Control ISSN: 0196-6553 Impact factor: 2.918