2018
482. Association between Socioeconomic Status Factors and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Utilizing Factor Analysis—United States, 2014–2015
Skrobarcek K, Mu Y, Ahern J, Beldavs Z, Brousseau G, Dumyati G, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Kainer M, Meek J, Perlmutter R, Phipps E, Winston L, Guh A. 482. Association between Socioeconomic Status Factors and Incidence of Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection Utilizing Factor Analysis—United States, 2014–2015. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: s179-s179. PMCID: PMC6253049, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy210.491.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionEmerging Infections ProgramSocioeconomic status factorsCDC's Emerging Infections ProgramCA-CDI casesCDI risk factorsSES variablesDays of hospitalizationHealthcare-associated infectionsLow-income areasStatus factorsLow incomeMultivariable analysisCA-CDICDI surveillanceDifficile infectionRisk factorsIncidence rateInfections ProgramPositive testPrevention strategiesCensus tractsHealth disparitiesSocial determinantsHealth resources
2015
Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection
Dantes R, Mu Y, Hicks L, Cohen J, Bamberg W, Beldavs Z, Dumyati G, Farley M, Holzbauer S, Meek J, Phipps E, Wilson L, Winston L, McDonald L, Lessa F. Association Between Outpatient Antibiotic Prescribing Practices and Community-Associated Clostridium difficile Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015, 2: ofv113. PMID: 26509182, PMCID: PMC4551478, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofv113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClostridium difficile infectionCA-CDI ratesOutpatient antibiotic prescribingAntibiotic useAntibiotic prescribingDifficile infectionCommunity-Associated Clostridium difficile InfectionIMS Health Xponent databaseOutpatient antibiotic prescribing practicesAmoxicillin/clavulanic acidCA-CDI casesSurveillance area residentAntibiotic prescribing ratesAntibiotic prescription ratesAntibiotic prescribing practicesCourse of antibioticsOral antibiotic prescriptionsLaboratory-based surveillance dataOutpatient antibiotic useCDI preventionAntibiotic prescriptionsPrescribing ratesHospital admissionPrescription ratesPrescribing practices