2022
2314. Hospitalizations and Antibiotic Use in the Year Prior to an Incident C. difficile Infection for Medicare Beneficiaries in Four States, 2016–2018
Hatfield K, Baggs J, Reddy S, Aranmolate R, Meek J, Fridkin S, Szydlowski J, Hatwar T, Dumyati G, Watkins J, Wilson C, McDonald L, Jernigan J, Guh A. 2314. Hospitalizations and Antibiotic Use in the Year Prior to an Incident C. difficile Infection for Medicare Beneficiaries in Four States, 2016–2018. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2022, 9: ofac492.146. PMCID: PMC9752406, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofac492.146.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOutpatient antibiotic useEmerging Infections ProgramClostridioides difficile infectionAntibiotic useCDI casesDifficile infectionRisk factorsMedicare beneficiariesPrevention's Emerging Infections ProgramAntibiotic classesPrior yearAntibiotic stewardship effortsC. difficile infectionMultiple risk factorsInpatient hospitalization dataMedicare Provider AnalysisTiming of hospitalizationGrant/research supportDifferent antibiotic classesAntibiotic prescriptionsCase patientsMedian lengthOutpatient antibioticsCDI surveillanceCDI diagnosis
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