Risk Factors for Acquisition of <i>Clostridium difficile</i>–Associated Diarrhea among Outpatients at a Cancer Hospital

Abstract

Antibiotic use, especially with cephalosporins and clindamycin, and prolonged hospitalization contributed to the development of CDAD. Outpatient CDAD appears to be most strongly related to inpatient exposures; reasons for the delayed development of symptoms are unknown.