Impact of malignancy on Clostridium difficile infection

Impact of malignancy on Clostridium difficile infection

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of malignancy and chemotherapy on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). Methods CDI patients with a history of malignancy within 5 years were defined as the cancer group. The charact...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2016-11, Vol.35 (11), p.1771-1776
Hauptverfasser: Chung, M. S., Kim, J., Kang, J. O., Pai, H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Antineoplastic Agents - therapeutic use
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Clostridium difficile - isolation & purification
Clostridium Infections - complications
Clostridium Infections - epidemiology
Clostridium Infections - microbiology
Drug Therapy - methods
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Medical Microbiology
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - drug therapy
Original Article
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of malignancy and chemotherapy on the clinical and microbiological characteristics of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI). Methods CDI patients with a history of malignancy within 5 years were defined as the cancer group. The characteristics of the patients were compared according to the presence of malignancy. Results Of 580 patients with CDI, 159 (27.4 %) belonged to the cancer group and 421 (72.6 %) to the non-cancer group. More of the patients in the cancer group than those in the non-cancer group had been hospitalized within the prior 2 months ( P  
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-016-2725-6