Possible association between obesity and Clostridium difficile infection

Jason Leung; Bob Burke; Dale Ford; Gail Garvin; Cathy Korn; Carol Sulis; Nahid Bhadelia

doi:10.3201/eid1911.130618

Possible association between obesity and Clostridium difficile infection

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Nov;19(11):1791-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1911.130618.

Authors

Jason Leung, Bob Burke, Dale Ford, Gail Garvin, Cathy Korn, Carol Sulis, Nahid Bhadelia

No abstract available

Keywords: Clostridium difficile; bacteria; gut microbiome; health care-associated infections; inflammatory bowel disease; intestinal microbiome; nosocomial; obesity.

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium Infections / complications*
Clostridium Infections / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Obesity / complications*
Obesity / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Young Adult