HCPlive (10/16, Brooks) reports, “Hospitalized patients using mirtazapine, nortriptyline, and trazodone are at a greater risk of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI),” researchers concluded in a study that compared “48,720 patients developed CDI…to 55,615,700 who did not.” The findings were published in the July-Sept. Issue of the journal Arquivos de Gastroenterologia.
Related Links:
— “Antidepressant Use Linked to Increased Risk of Hospital-Onset C Diff,”Abigail Brooks, HCPlive, October 16, 2023