Trends in incidence and clinical outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection, Hong Kong

• Main Authors: Guo, Cosmos L. T., Kwong, Thomas N. Y., Mak, Joyce W. Y., Zhang, Lin, Lui, Grace C. Y., Wong, Grace L. H., Ip, Margaret, Yu, Jun, Sung, Joseph Jao Yiu, Wu, William K. K., Wong, Sunny Hei
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Clostridioides Difficile; Hong Kong
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160093
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We conducted a territorywide survey to investigate the epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical outcomes of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among hospitalized patients in Hong Kong. A total of 17,105 cases of CDI were identified, of which 15,717 (91.9%) were healthcare-associated and 1,025...