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Global burden of Clostridium difficile infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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BACKGROUND: infections (CDI) rates. METHODS: Seven databases were searched (January 2016) to identify studies and surveillance reports published between 2005 and 2015 reporting CDI incidence rates. CDI incidence rates for health care facility-associated (HCF), hospital onset-health care facility-associated, medical or general intensive care unit (ICU), internal medicine (IM), long-term care facility (LTCF), and community-associated (CA) were extracted and standardized. Meta-analysis was conducted using a random effects model. RESULTS: 229 publications, with data from 41 countries, were included. The overall rate of HCF-CDI was 2.24 (95% confidence interval CI = 1.66-3.03) per 1000 admissions/y and 3.54 (95%CI = 3.19-3.92) per 10 000 patient-days/y. Estimated rates for CDI with onset in ICU or IM wards were 11.08 (95%CI = 7.19-17.08) and 10.80 (95%CI = 3.15-37.06) per 1000 admission/y, respectively. Rates for CA-CDI were lower: 0.55 (95%CI = 0.13-2.37) per 1000 admissions/y. CDI rates were generally higher in North America and among the elderly but similar rates were identified in other regions and age groups. CONCLUSIONS: , evidence gaps, and the need for sustainable surveillance of CDI in the health care setting and the community.
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- Balsells, E., Shi, T., Leese, C., Lyell, I., Burrows, J., Wiuff, C., Campbell, H., Kyaw, M. H., & Nair, H.
- Venue
- Journal of Global Health
- Published
- 2018-12-21
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 010407-010407
- ISSN
- 2047-2978 (ISSN-L)
- 2047-2986
- OpenAlex
- W2905722945
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- 309
- References
- 164
- FWCI
- 3.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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