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ArticleInfectious disease reports2025

Sebastian M Wingen-Heimann, Christoph Lübbert, Davide Fiore Bavaro, Sina M Hopff

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Article in Infectious disease reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sebastian M Wingen-HeimannCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Institute of Translational Research, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Christoph LübbertDepartment of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Hospital St. Georg, 04129 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6942-5785
Davide Fiore BavaroDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20090 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4833-7118
Sina M HopffDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department I of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8886-4596

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methodsComprehensive real-world data were analyzed for this retrospective observational study, provided by the TriNetX database, an international research network with electronic health records from multiple USA healthcare providers. This includes in- and outpatients treated with fidaxomicin (FDX) or vancomycin (VAN) for CDI between 01/2013 and 12/2023. The following cohorts were compared: (i) patients treated with fidaxomicin within 10 days following CDI diagnosis (FDX group) vs. (ii) patients treated with vancomycin within 10 days following CDI diagnosis (VAN group). Outcomes analysis between the two cohorts was performed after propensity score matching and included event risk and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses for the following concomitant diseases/events occurring during an observational period of 12 months following CDI diagnosis: death, sepsis, candidiasis, infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci, inflammatory bowel disease, cardiovascular disease, psychological disease, central line-associated blood stream infection, surgical site infection, and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

resultsFollowing propensity score matching, 2170 patients were included in the FDX group and VAN groups, respectively. The event risk analysis demonstrated improved outcomes of patients treated with FDX compared to VAN in 6 out of the 10 events that were analyzed. The highest risk ratio (RR) and odds ratio (OR) were found for sepsis (RR: 3.409; OR: 3.635), candidiasis (RR: 2.347; OR: 2.431), and death (RR: 1.710; OR: 1.811). The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed an overall survival rate until the end of the 12-month observational period of 87.06% in the FDX group and 78.49% in the VAN group (log-rank

conclusionsOur comparative event risk analysis demonstrated improved outcomes for patients treated with FDX compared to VAN in most of the observed events and underlines the results of previously conducted RCTs, highlighting the beneficial role of FDX compared to VAN. Further big data analyses from other industrialized countries are needed for comparison with our observations.

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