Low adherence to institutional clinical practice guideline in patients diagnosed with Clostridioides difficile infection
Zachary K. Matthews, Kayla Scheps, Joseph E. Marcus · 2025
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Zachary Matthews, Kayla Scheps, and Joseph Marcus audit how often doctors followed their hospital's own antibiotic guideline before patients caught a gut infection. Their study appeared in twenty twenty-five. The infection, caused by Clostridioides difficile, often follows antibiotic use that disturbs the gut.
The team reviewed one hundred twenty-eight positive cases at a military hospital over one year. Two-thirds of patients had recent antibiotic exposure. In most exposed cases, the reason for treatment appeared in the guideline. Yet prescribers strayed from the guideline in nearly half of those. Overall, forty-five percent of cases were judged preventable through better prescribing or broader guideline coverage. The findings hand the stewardship team a target list.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zachary K. Matthews, Kayla Scheps, Joseph E. Marcus |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 21 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |