2015
Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection
Dantes R, Mu Y, Hicks L, Cohen J, Bamberg W, Beldavs Z, Dumyati G, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Meek J, Phipps E, Wilson L, Winston L, McDonald L, Lessa F. Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv113. PMID: 26509182, PMCID: PMC4551478, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionCA-CDI ratesOutpatient antibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useAntibiotic prescribingDifficile infectionCommunity-Associated Clostridium difficile InfectionIMS Health Xponent databaseOutpatient antibiotic prescribing practicesAmoxicillin/clavulanic acidCA-CDI casesSurveillance area residentAntibiotic prescribing ratesAntibiotic prescription ratesAntibiotic prescribing practicesCourse of antibioticsOral antibiotic prescriptionsLaboratory-based surveillance dataOutpatient antibiotic useCDI preventionAntibiotic prescriptionsPrescribing ratesHospital admissionPrescription ratesPrescribing practices
2014
Clostridium difficile Infection Among Children Across Diverse US Geographic Locations
Wendt J, Cohen J, Mu Y, Dumyati G, Dunn J, Holzbauer S, Winston L, Johnston H, Meek J, Farley M, Wilson L, Phipps E, Beldavs Z, Gerding D, McDonald L, Gould C, Lessa F. Clostridium difficile Infection Among Children Across Diverse US Geographic Locations. Pediatrics 2014, 133: 651-658. PMID: 24590748, PMCID: PMC10932476, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClostridium difficile infectionAge groupsCDI incidenceDifficile infectionCommunity-associated casesProportion of casesYears of ageHealth care facilitiesYoung childrenSimilar disease severityUnnecessary antimicrobial useUS geographic areasHospital admissionClinical presentationCDI surveillanceOutpatient settingCDI casesC difficileEtiologic roleClinical dataSevere diseaseStool collectionCare facilitiesDisease severityCA cases