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Receipt of antibiotics in hospitalized patients and risk for Clostridium difficile infection in subsequent patients who occupy the same bed.
January 23, 2017
Freedberg DE, Salmasian H, Cohen B, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176(12):1801-1808.
Clostridium difficile diarrhea is a common and highly morbid health care–associated infection. This study demonstrated that when a hospitalized patient receives antibiotics, the next patient who occupies the same hospital bed is at risk for C. difficile infection. This finding highlights the importance of both antibiotic stewardship programs and environmental approaches to infection control.
