A Single-Center Experience and Literature Review of Management Strategies for Clostridium difficile Infection in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients

Conclusions Clostridium difficile infection has an incidence rate of 9.4% in HSCT recipients. Established risk factors including age, sex, cancer type, and transplant type were not identified as risk factors in our population. However, longer LOS and use of more than 4 lines of antibiotics were observed among those with CDI compared with those without CDI.
Source: Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research