A new score to predict Clostridioides difficile infection in medical patients: a sub-analysis of the FADOI-PRACTICE study

Internal and Emergency Medicine - Tập 18 - Trang 2003-2009 - 2023
Nicola Mumoli1, Aldo Bonaventura2, Chiara Marchesi3, Marco Cei4, Laura Morbidoni5, Iginio Donatiello6, Antonino Mazzone3, Francesco Dentali7
1Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale Fornaroli, ASST Ovest Milanese, Magenta, Italy
2Department of Internal Medicine, Ospedale di Circolo and Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
3Department of Internal Medicine, Legnano Hospital, ASST Ovest Milanese, Legnano, Italy
4Department of Internal Medicine, Cecina Hospital, Cecina, Italy
5Department of Internal Medicine, Senigallia Hospital, Senigallia, Italy
6Department of Internal Medicine, Salerno Hospital, Salerno, Italy
7Department of Medicine and Surgery, Insubria University, Varese, Italy

Tóm tắt

Medical divisions are at high risk of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) due to patients’ frailty and complexity. This sub-analysis of the FADOI-PRACTICE study included patients presenting with diarrhea either at admission or during hospitalization. CDI diagnosis was confirmed when both enzyme immunoassay and A and B toxin detection were found positive. The aim of this sub-analysis was the identification of a new score to predict CDI in hospitalized, medical patients. Five hundred and seventy-two patients with diarrhea were considered. More than half of patients was female, 40% on antibiotics in the previous 4 weeks and 60% on proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). CDI diagnosis occurred in 103 patients (18%). Patients diagnosed with CDI were older, more frequently of female sex, recently hospitalized and bed-ridden, and treated with antibiotics and PPIs. Through a backward stepwise logistic regression model, age > 65 years, female sex, recent hospitalization, recent antibiotic therapy, active cancer, prolonged hospital stay (> 12 days), hypoalbuminemia (albumin < 3 g/dL), and leukocytosis (white blood cells > 9 × 10^9/L) were found to independently predict CDI occurrence. These variables contributed to building a clinical prognostic score with a good sensitivity and a modest specificity for a value > 3 (79% and 58%, respectively; AUC 0.75, 95% CI 0.71–0.79, p < 0.001), that identified low-risk (score ≤ 3; 42.5%) and high-risk (score > 3; 57.5%) patients. Although some classical risk factors were confirmed to increase CDI occurrence, the changing landscape of CDI epidemiology suggests a reappraisal of common risk factors and the development of novel risk scores based on local epidemiology.

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