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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2019

Risk for Clostridiodes difficile Infection among Older Adults with Cancer.

Mini Kamboj, Renee L Gennarelli, Jennifer Brite, Kent Sepkowitz, Allison Lipitz-Snyderman

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  6. Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Prevalence ofInfection and drug resistance · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mini Kamboj
Renee L Gennarelli
Jennifer Brite
Kent Sepkowitz
Allison Lipitz-Snyderman

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To assess whether risk for Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) is higher among older adults with cancer, we conducted a retrospective cohort study with a nested case-control analysis using population-based Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare linked data for 2011. Among 93,566 Medicare beneficiaries, incident CDI and odds for acquiring CDI were higher among patients with than without cancer. Specifically, risk was significantly higher for those who had liquid tumors and higher for those who had recently diagnosed solid tumors and distant metastasis. These findings were independent of prior healthcare-associated exposure. This population-based assessment can be used to identify targets for prevention of CDI.

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Clostridioides difficileAgedAged, 80 and overAge FactorsCase-Control StudiesClostridium InfectionsFemaleHumansMaleMedicareNeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSEER ProgramUnited StatesagebacteriacancerClostridiodes difficileClostridium difficileenteric infectionsepidemiologypopulationUnited States

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PMID31442017
PMCPMC6711221

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