ArticleInfection control and hospital epidemiology2023
Trends in facility-level rates of
Article in Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection based on hospital surveillance data: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2026Pooled it
- Twenty-Five-Year Trends in Mortality Associated withMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Influence of COVID-19 on Clinical Outcomes ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Clostridioides difficile infections in seven Brazilian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: hand hygiene and antimicrobial consumption.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2026Article
- Comparison ofJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Development of a toxin-selective immunotracer for in vivo detection of Clostridioides difficile infection by immunoPET.EJNMMI radiopharmacy and chemistry · 2025Article
- Antibiotic Usage and Healthcare-AssociatedAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Informing estimates of probability ofAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE · 2024Article
- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates and Epidemiology ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors forMicroorganisms · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic caused substantial changes to healthcare delivery and antibiotic prescribing beginning in March 2020. To assess pandemic impact on
methodsWe estimated and compared rates of community-onset CDI (CO-CDI) per 10,000 discharges, hospital-onset CDI (HO-CDI) per 10,000 patient days, and
resultsIn pairwise comparisons, overall CO-CDI rates decreased from 20.0 to 15.8 between 2019 and 2020 (
conclusionsWhile there was a slight downward trajectory in CDI trends prior to March 2020, no significant change in CDI trends occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic despite changes in infection control practices, antibiotic use, and healthcare delivery.
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