Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) appear to have a higher risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and hospital-associated morbidity and mortality when compared with patients who do not have CKD. A team of American researchers found that patients with CKD had a CDI rate of 1.49%, compared with a 0.70% rate for those without CKD.

Abstract: Mayo Clinic Proceedings, November 2012.