Predictors of in-hospital mortality among patients with clostridium difficile infection: a multicenter study.

Minerva medica
Wisam SbeitAmir Mari

Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI)-associated mortality is a major global health concern. Several clinical and laboratory parameters have been linked to poor prognosis in patients with CDI. In the current study, we aimed to assess the rate of in-hospital mortality among Israeli CDI patients and to look for clinical and laboratory parameters associated to death. We performed a multicenter retrospective study enrolling all patients above 18-years old who were hospitalized for CDI or with diagnosis made during hospitalization in two regional, teaching hospitals in the north of Israel (Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya and the Nazareth Hospital, Nazareth, Israel), from January 1, 2015 until January 1, 2020. All files of eligible patients were reviewed for demographic (age, gender), medical history and laboratory tests. Overall, we included in the study 180 patients, among them 56 died in hospital due to CDI (group A) while 124 survived (group B). The average age in groups A and B was 77.02±13 vs. 71.5±19.1, respectively. On univariate analysis, several clinical and laboratory parameters were associated with in-hospital mortality, including: advanced age, renal failure, antibiotics treatment while on treatment for CDI, need for me...Continue Reading

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