The Effect of Saccharomyces boulardii Primary Prevention on Risk of Hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients Administered Antibiotics Frequently Associated With C. difficile Infection

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BACKGROUND: Hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) is a costly problem leading to readmissions, morbidity, and mortality. We evaluated the effect of a single probiotic strain, Saccharomyces boulardii, at a standardized dose on the risk of HO-CDI within hospitalized patients administered antibiotics frequently associated with HO-CDI.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study merged hospital prescribing data with HO-CDI case data. The study assessed patients hospitalized from January 2016 through March 2017 who were administered at least 1 dose of an antibiotic frequently associated with HO-CDI during hospitalization. Associations between S. boulardii administration, including timing, and HO-CDI incidence were evaluated by multivariable logistic regression.

RESULTS: The study included 8763 patients. HO-CDI incidence was 0.66% in the overall cohort. HO-CDI incidence was 0.56% and 0.82% among patients coadministered S. boulardii with antibiotics and not coadministered S. boulardii, respectively. In adjusted analysis, patients coadministered S. boulardii had a reduced risk of HO-CDI (odds ratio [OR], 0.57 [95% confidence interval {CI}, .33-.96]; P = .04) compared to patients not coadministered S. boulardii. Patients coadministered S. boulardii within 24 hours of antibiotic start demonstrated a reduced risk of HO-CDI (OR, 0.47 [95% CI, .23-.97]; P = .04) compared to those coadministered S. boulardii after 24 hours of antibiotic start.

CONCLUSIONS: Saccharomyces boulardii administered to hospitalized patients prescribed antibiotics frequently linked with HO-CDI was associated with a reduced risk of HO-CDI.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e2519-e2520. - PMID 32566936

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

Enthalten in:

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 73(2021), 9 vom: 02. Nov., Seite e2512-e2518

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wombwell, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Patterson, Mark E [VerfasserIn]
Bransteitter, Bridget [VerfasserIn]
Gillen, Lisa R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clostridioides difficile
Clostridium infections
Infection control
Journal Article
Nosocomial infection
Probiotics
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.11.2021

Date Revised 10.11.2021

published: Print

CommentIn: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e2519-e2520. - PMID 32566936

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/cid/ciaa808

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NLM311536247