Determining mortality rates attributable to Clostridium difficile infection

Susy S Hota; Camille Achonu; Natasha S Crowcroft; Bart J Harvey; Albert Lauwers; Michael A Gardam

doi:10.3201/eid1802.101611

Determining mortality rates attributable to Clostridium difficile infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2012 Feb;18(2):305-7. doi: 10.3201/eid1802.101611.

Authors

Susy S Hota¹, Camille Achonu, Natasha S Crowcroft, Bart J Harvey, Albert Lauwers, Michael A Gardam

Affiliation

¹ University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. susy.hota@uhn.on.ca

Abstract

To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007-2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cause of Death
Clostridioides difficile*
Cross Infection / microbiology
Cross Infection / mortality*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / microbiology
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / mortality*
Hospital Mortality*
Hospitalization
Humans
Ontario / epidemiology
Outcome Assessment, Health Care / methods
Sensitivity and Specificity