Increase of healthcare-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in adult population since SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A retrospective cohort study in a tertiary care hospital from 2019 to 2022

CONCLUSIONS: Implementation of infection control measures during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic did not appear to alleviate the burden of HO-CDI. The escalation in HO-CDI cases did not exhibit a correlation with overall antibiotic consumption, except for meropenem.PMID:38428802 | DOI:10.1016/j.anaerobe.2024.102836

Source: Anaerobe - March 1, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Alfredo Maldonado-Barrueco Francisco Moreno-Ramos Beatriz D íaz-Pollán Bel én Loeches-Yagüe Alicia Rico-Nieto Julio Garc ía-Rodríguez Guillermo Ruiz-Carrascoso Source Type: research