Factores de riesgo

Question 1

major risk factor for disease

Answer 1

Use of antibiotics

Question 2

Other risk factors

Answer 2

Advanced age
antineoplastic chemotherapy
severe underlying disease

Question 3

the antibiotics that are most frequently associated with the disease, (but almost all antibiotics have been associated with infection, and regimens including metronidazole )

Answer 3

Ampicillin, amoxicillin, cephalosporins, clindamycin, and fluoroquinolones

Question 4

as age increases

Answer 4

The risk of C. difficile infection and the severity of infection increase

Question 5

community-acquired C. difficile infection occurs in

Answer 5

patients who are young- er and more often have had no clear exposure to antibiotics or other known risk factors; major modes of acquisition of community-acquired infection remain to be elucidated

Question 6

The influence of acid suppression in C. difficile infection

Answer 6

remains uncertain