Low incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in patients treated with outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT)

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 Jan;36(1):110-2. doi: 10.1017/ice.2014.6.

Authors

Ken K Wong¹, Thomas G Fraser¹, Nabin K Shrestha¹, Cynthia Fatica², Abhishek Deshpande¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Infectious Diseases,Medicine Institute,Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland,OH 44195.
² 3Department of Infection Prevention,Quality and Patient Safety Institute,Cleveland Clinic,Cleveland,OH 44195.

PMID: 25627769
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.6

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care*
Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / statistics & numerical data
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Clostridioides difficile*
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infusions, Parenteral
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Readmission / statistics & numerical data
Retrospective Studies
Time Factors

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents