A Tale of Two Healthcare-associated Infections: Clostridium difficile Coinfection Among Patients With Candidemia

Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 1;68(4):676-679. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy607.

Abstract

Candidemia and Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) are important healthcare-associated infections that share certain risk factors. We sought to describe candidemia-CDI coinfection using population-based surveillance data. We found that nearly 1 in 10 patients with candidemia had CDI coinfection.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Candidemia / complications*
  • Candidemia / epidemiology*
  • Clostridium Infections / complications*
  • Clostridium Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coinfection / epidemiology*
  • Cross Infection / complications*
  • Cross Infection / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Risk Factors
  • Young Adult