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Observational studyAnaerobe2022

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection in a UK tertiary centre.

Sanjana Voona, Heather Abdic, Ros Montgomery, Annette Clarkson, Hannah Twitchell, Tim Hills, Steve Briggs, Colin Crooks, Tanya M Monaghan

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Anaerobe, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Factors driving increases inEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2026
    Article
  2. Observational
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  4. Future microbiology · 2024
    Observational
  5. Review
  6. An overview of COVID-19 in solid organ transplantation.Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases · 2022
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sanjana VoonaSchool of Medicine, University of Nottingham, England, UK.
Heather AbdicDepartment of Gastroenterology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK.
Ros MontgomeryInfection Prevention & Control, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, England, UK.
Annette ClarksonPharmacy Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Hannah TwitchellPharmacy Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Tim HillsPharmacy Department, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Steve BriggsQuality and Nursing, Information & Insight Services, Finance & Procurement, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK.
Colin CrooksNIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, England, UK; Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, England, UK.
Tanya M MonaghanNIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, University of Nottingham, England, UK; Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, England, UK. Electronic address: tanya.monaghan@nottingham.ac.uk.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust · GBUniversity of Nottingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Serious concerns have been raised about a possible increase in cases of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted a retrospective observational single centre study which revealed that total combined community and hospital-based quarterly rates of CDI decreased during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period.

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCOVID-19Cross InfectionHumansPandemicsPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesUnited KingdomClostridioides difficile infectionCoronavirus disease 2019 pandemicSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID34801705
PMCPMC8607812
OpenAlexW3217699316

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Registered trials

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