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Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
CME ACTIVITY - Research

Risk for Clostridioides difficile Infection among Older Adults with Cancer

Mini KambojComments to Author , Renee L. Gennarelli, Jennifer Brite, Kent Sepkowitz, and Allison Lipitz-Snyderman
Author affiliations: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA (M. Kamboj, R.L. Gennarelli, J. Brite, K. Sepkowitz, A. Lipitz-Snyderman); Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (M. Kamboj, K. Sepkowitz)

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Table 2

Characteristics of case-patients and controls in study of Clostridiodes difficile infection in older adults with cancer, United States

Prior skilled nursing facility stay†
No 56 83
Yes 44 18

*Case-patients with Clostridioides difficile infection were matched to controls without C. difficile infection, by age and sex.
†Stays within 12 mo before a patient’s index date were used to define prior hospitalizations and prior skilled nursing facility stays.

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