Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Incidence and predictive biomarkers of Clostridioides difficile infection in hospitalized patients receiving broad-spectrum antibiotics

  • Cornelis H. van Werkhoven,
  • Annie Ducher,
  • Matilda Berkell,
  • Mohamed Mysara,
  • Christine Lammens,
  • Julian Torre-Cisneros,
  • Jesús Rodríguez-Baño,
  • Delia Herghea,
  • Oliver A. Cornely,
  • Lena M. Biehl,
  • Louis Bernard,
  • M. Angeles Dominguez-Luzon,
  • Sofia Maraki,
  • Olivier Barraud,
  • Maria Nica,
  • Nathalie Jazmati,
  • Frederique Sablier-Gallis,
  • Jean de Gunzburg,
  • France Mentré,
  • Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar,
  • Marc J. M. Bonten,
  • Maria J. G. T. Vehreschild,
  • the ANTICIPATE Study Group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22269-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Here, the authors report the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) and assess potential clinical characteristics and biomarkers to predict CDI in 1,007 patients of 50 years and above receiving newly initiated antibiotic treatment.