All-Cause and Disease-Specific Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With Clostridium difficile Infection: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Abstract

Mortality among CDI patients is high, even in an endemic situation. Our results show that CDI is associated with to a 2.5-fold increase in 30-day mortality. This highlights the considerable disease burden and clinical impact of CDI, even in absence of an outbreak.