Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Risk for Clostridioides difficile Infection among Older Adults with Cancer
Table 2
Characteristics of case-patients and controls in study of Clostridiodes difficile infection in older adults with cancer, United States
Prior skilled nursing facility stay† | ||
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No | 56 | 83 |
Yes | 44 | 18 |
*Case-patients with Clostridioides difficile infection were matched to controls without C. difficile infection, by age and sex.
†Stays within 12 mo before a patient’s index date were used to define prior hospitalizations and prior skilled nursing facility stays.