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Trends in <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infection rates in Canadian hospitals during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic

Kelly Baekyung Choi, Tim Du, Anada Silva, George R. Golding, Linda Pelude, Robyn Mitchell, Wallis Rudnick, Romeo Hizon, Ghada N. Al‐Rawahi, Blanda Chow, Ian Davis, Gerald A. Evans, Charles Frenette, Jennie Johnstone, Pamela Kibsey, Kevin Katz, Joanne M. Langley, Bonita E. Lee, Yves Longtin, Dominik Mertz, Jessica Minion, Michelle Science, Jocelyn A. Srigley, Paula Stagg, Kathryn N. Suh, Nisha Thampi, Alice Wong, Jeannette Comeau, Susy Hota, for the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP)

2022Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology19 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has placed significant burden on healthcare systems. We compared Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) epidemiology before and during the pandemic across 71 hospitals participating in the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program. Using an interrupted time series analysis, we showed that CDI rates significantly increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Topics & Concepts

ClostridioidesPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineEpidemiologyCoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakEmergency medicineDiseaseVirologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)Internal medicineOutbreakClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchNosocomial Infections in ICUStreptococcal Infections and Treatments
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