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Discordant Clostridioides difficile diagnostic assay and treatment practice: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To determine the proportion of patients who received a treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) among those presenting a discordant C. difficile diagnostic assay and to identify patient characteristics associated with the decision to treat CDI. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Monocentric study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland. PARTICIPANTS:Among 4562 adult patients tested for C. difficile between March 2017 and March 2019, 208 patients with discordant tests' results (positive nucleic acid amplification test (NAAT+)/negative enzyme immunoassay (EIA-)) were included. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Treatment for CDI. RESULTS:CDI treatment was administered in 147 (71%) cases. In multivariate analysis, an abdominal CT scan with signs of colitis (OR 14.7; 95%?CI 1.96 to 110.8) was the only factor associated with CDI treatment. CONCLUSIONS:The proportion of NAAT+/EIA- patients who received treatment questions the contribution of the EIA for the detection of toxin A/B after NAAT to limit overtreatment. Additional studies are needed to investigate if other factors are associated with the decision to treat.

SUBMITTER: Lenggenhager L

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488797 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Discordant <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> diagnostic assay and treatment practice: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

Lenggenhager Lauriane L Zanella Marie-Céline MC Poncet Antoine A Kaiser Laurent L Schrenzel Jacques J

BMJ open 20200913 9

<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine the proportion of patients who received a treatment for <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> infection (CDI) among those presenting a discordant <i>C. difficile</i> diagnostic assay and to identify patient characteristics associated with the decision to treat CDI.<h4>Design</h4>Cross-sectional study.<h4>Setting</h4>Monocentric study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.<h4>Participants</h4>Among 4562 adult patients tested for <i>C. difficile</i> between Mar ...[more]

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Discordant Clostridioides difficile diagnostic assay and treatment practice: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

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Discordant <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> diagnostic assay and treatment practice: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.

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