Publications by authors named "Alexa L Frei"
Open Forum Infect Dis
September 2022
Article Synopsis
- - The study examined the prevalence of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in US hospitals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding that CDI encounters decreased from 12.2 to 8.9 per 10,000 total encounters.
- - The decrease in CDI was mainly due to reduced inpatient CDI prevalence, but the rate at which CDI occurred did not significantly change over time.
- - Despite the lower prevalence, patients with CDI during the pandemic experienced higher inpatient mortality rates and increased hospital costs compared to the pre-pandemic period.
