Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals

Becky A Miller; Luke F Chen; Daniel J Sexton; Deverick J Anderson

doi:10.1086/659156

Comparison of the burdens of hospital-onset, healthcare facility-associated Clostridium difficile Infection and of healthcare-associated infection due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community hospitals

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Apr;32(4):387-90. doi: 10.1086/659156.

Authors

Becky A Miller¹, Luke F Chen, Daniel J Sexton, Deverick J Anderson

Affiliation

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA. becky.miller@duke.edu

PMID: 21460491
DOI: 10.1086/659156

Abstract

We sought to determine the burden of nosocomial Clostridium difficile infection in comparison to other healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in community hospitals participating in an infection control network. Our data suggest that C. difficile has replaced MRSA as the most common etiology of HAI in community hospitals in the southeastern United States.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Bacteremia / epidemiology
Catheter-Related Infections / epidemiology
Clostridioides difficile*
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Female
Hospitals, Community*
Humans
Incidence
Intensive Care Units
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology
Poisson Distribution
Prospective Studies
Southeastern United States / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*