2024
Characteristics of Patients With Initial Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) That Are Associated With Increased Risk of Multiple CDI Recurrences
Guh A, Li R, Korhonen L, Winston L, Parker E, Czaja C, Johnston H, Basiliere E, Meek J, Olson D, Fridkin S, Wilson L, Perlmutter R, Holzbauer S, D’Heilly P, Phipps E, Flores K, Dumyati G, Pierce R, Ocampo V, Wilson C, Watkins J, Gerding D, McDonald L. Characteristics of Patients With Initial Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) That Are Associated With Increased Risk of Multiple CDI Recurrences. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae127. PMID: 38577028, PMCID: PMC10993058, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRecurrent Clostridioides difficile infectionClostridioides difficile infectionInitial CDINitrofurantoin useMultiple recurrent Clostridioides difficile infectionsPositive testPositive C. difficile testMultiple CDI recurrencesMultivariate logistic regression analysisPrevent further recurrenceAssociated with increased riskIntervention study designProportion of patientsTime of presentationCharacteristics of patientsLogistic regression analysisClinical decision makingCDI recurrenceChronic hemodialysisAdjunctive therapyIncreased riskMultivariate analysisStudy designPatientsClinical setting
2010
Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in Children Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2003–2008
Dawood FS, Fiore A, Kamimoto L, Nowell M, Reingold A, Gershman K, Meek J, Hadler J, Arnold KE, Ryan P, Lynfield R, Morin C, Baumbach J, Zansky S, Bennett NM, Thomas A, Schaffner W, Kirschke D, Finelli L. Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in Children Hospitalized With Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza, 2003–2008. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2010, 29: 585-590. PMID: 20589966, PMCID: PMC5856105, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181d411c5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated pneumoniaChest radiographsHospitalized childrenIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionLaboratory-confirmed influenzaSevere clinical courseInfluenza complicationsUnit admissionRespiratory failureCommon complicationClinical courseInfluenza seasonTreatment strategiesPneumoniaMultivariate analysisNew pneumoniaGreater riskInfluenzaRadiographsAge 6Age 2HospitalizationAsthmaComplications