title: Complications of Hospital-Onset Healthcare Facility-Associated Clostridium difficile Infections Among Veterans.
abstract: Complications within 30 days of a clinically confirmed hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection diagnosis from July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2015, in 127 acute care Veterans Health Administration facilities were evaluated. Pooled rates for attributable intensive care unit admissions, colectomies, and deaths were 2.7%, 0.5%, and 0.4%, respectively. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2016;37:717-719.
authors.affiliation: 1MRSA/MDRO Prevention Office,National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Martin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: 4National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kralovic
authors.affiliation: 4National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Loretta A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Simbartl
authors.affiliation: 1MRSA/MDRO Prevention Office,National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Judith L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Whitlock
authors.affiliation: 7Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: 4National Infectious Diseases Service,Patient Care Services,Veterans Health Administration,Washington,DC.
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Roselle
mesh_terms: D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000150:complications* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data