Associations of facility-level antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in US acute-care hospitals, 2012-2018

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Aug;43(8):1067-1069. doi: 10.1017/ice.2021.151. Epub 2021 May 7.

Abstract

Previously reported associations between hospital-level antibiotic use and hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) were reexamined using 2012-2018 data from a new cohort of US acute-care hospitals. This analysis revealed significant positive associations between total, third-generation, and fourth-generation cephalosporin, fluoroquinolone, carbapenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam use and HO-CDI rates, confirming previous findings.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Clostridioides difficile*
  • Clostridium Infections* / drug therapy
  • Clostridium Infections* / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection* / drug therapy
  • Cross Infection* / epidemiology
  • Hospitals
  • Humans

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents