Evaluation of Clostridium difficile–Associated Disease Pressure as a Risk Factor for C difficile–Associated Disease

Abstract

Clostridium difficile–associated disease (CDAD) is the most common cause of infectious hospital-associated diarrhea.¹ Increasing age, increasing length of hospital stay, high severity of illness, and prior antibiotic use are well established as important risk factors for the development of CDAD.^1-9