%0 Journal Article
%T Mortality and Clostridium difficile infection: a review
%A Brett G Mitchell
%A Anne Gardner
%J Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
%D 2012
%I BioMed Central
%R 10.1186/2047-2994-1-20
%X A search of the literature between 1 January 2005 and 30 April 2011 focusing on mortality and CDI in hospitalised patients was conducted using electronic databases. Papers were reviewed and analysed individually and themes were combined using integrative methods.All cause mortality at 30 days varied from 9% to 38%. Three studies report attributable mortality at 30 days, varying from 5.7% to 6.9%. In hospital mortality ranged from 8% to 37.2%All cause 30 day mortality appeared to be high, with 15 studies indicating a mortality of 15% or greater. Findings support the notion that CDI is a serious infection and measures to prevent and control CDI are needed. Future studies investigating the mortality of CDI in settings outside of Europe and North America are needed. Similarly, future studies should include data on patient co-morbidities.
%K Clostridium difficile infection
%K Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea
%K Mortality
%K Death
%U http://www.aricjournal.com/content/1/1/20/abstract