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ArticleCureus2023

Clostridium difficile Infection: Risk and Poor Prognostic Factors at a Tertiary Hospital in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed A Miqdad, Kranthi Kosaraju, Abdullah Mohamad, Hasan Hulwi, Ubaid Rais, Mohammad Taleb, Talal Aloreibi

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Infection and drug resistance · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammed A MiqdadInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Kranthi KosarajuMicrobiology, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Abdullah MohamadInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Hasan HulwiInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Ubaid RaisPharmacology, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Mohammad TalebInternal Medicine, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Talal AloreibiInfectious Diseases, Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Group, Khobar, SAU.
Michigan State University · USSulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

objectiveThis study was performed in Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Tertiary Hospital in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia. The aim was to evaluate the risk and prognostic factors of CDI and their association with the outcomes of hospital stay, such as complications, length of stay (LOS), and treatment duration. PATIENTS AND

methodsThis is a retrospective cohort study for all patients who tested for

results

conclusionAdvanced age was the most frequent poor prognostic factor among our inpatient participants with positive CDI. It was significantly associated with longer hospital LOS, more complications, and longer treatment duration.

Indexed as

clostridium difficile infectioninfectious diarrheanosocomial infectionproton pump inhibitorpseudomembranous colitis

Identifiers

PMID37378089
PMCPMC10291994
OpenAlexW4377140195

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