Declining Rates of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) in Veterans Affairs (VA) Long-term Care Facilities (LTCF)

Longitudinal Trends of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) within Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers—Acute Care and Long-term Care

Clostridium difficile Infection Among Veterans Health Administration Patients.

OBJECTIVE To report on the prevalence and incidence of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) from 2009 to 2013 among Veterans Healthcare Administration patients DESIGN A retrospective descriptive analysis of data extracted from a large electronic medical record (EMR) database SETTING Data were acquired from VHA healthcare records from 2009 to 2013 that included outpatient clinical visits, l...

High Prevalence of Clostridium difficile Colonization among Nursing Home Residents in Hesse, Germany

Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of antibiotic-associated diarrhoea in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The elderly are particularly susceptible and at increased risk for adverse outcome as a result of C. difficile infection. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of C. difficile colonization among residents of nursing homes in Hesse and to compare it with...

Prevalence and impact of Clostridium difficile infection in elderly residents of long-term care facilities, 2011

The elderly population is particularly vulnerable to Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), but the epidemiology of CDI in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is unknown.We performed a retrospective cohort study and used US 2011 LTCF resident data from the Minimum Data Set 3.0 linked to Medicare claims. We extracted CDI cases based on International Classification of Diseases-9 coding, and compare...

Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infections in a long-term care psychogeriatric facility: outbreak analysis and policy improvement

BACKGROUND Following an exceptionally high Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) incidence (Spring 2011) in a psychogeriatric long-term care facility, a bidirectional study (2009-2012) was initiated to identify determinants (retrospectively) and to assess intervention measures taken (prospectively). METHODS For every CDI patient (de novo cases, relapses, and recurrences), a control patient (...