| Title |
Depression, antidepressant medications, and risk of Clostridium difficileinfection
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, May 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-11-121 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mary AM Rogers, M Todd Greene, Vincent B Young, Sanjay Saint, Kenneth M Langa, John Y Kao, David M Aronoff |
| Abstract |
An ancillary finding in previous research has suggested that the use of antidepressant medications increases the risk of developing Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). Our objective was to evaluate whether depression or the use of anti-depressants altered the risk of developing CDI, using two distinct datasets and study designs. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 17% |
| Canada | 5 | 10% |
| Australia | 2 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
| Serbia | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 18 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 36 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 17% |
| Scientists | 3 | 6% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 134 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 10% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Other | 36 | 26% |
| Unknown | 26 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 43 | 31% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 13 | 9% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 8 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 6% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 17 | 12% |
| Unknown | 41 | 30% |
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