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Health care workers (HCWs) are constantly exposed to patients with Clostridiodes difficile infection (CDI) although their risk developing infection is unknown. We designed a retrospective comparative study including HCWs with CDI and 2 comparator groups with a 12 ratio HCWs without CDI and admitted patients with CDI. Antibiotics were the strongest risk factor for developing CDI in HCWs whether or not there was clinical exposure to patients with this infection. BACKGROUND Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) is an important health care-associated infection with variable incidence and prevalence across the globe. There are limited data from Saudi Arabia on the epidemiology of C. difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD). In this study, we present the epidemiology and incidence of CDAD in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This study included all stool samples from 2001 to 2018 that were tested for C. difficile. C. difficile toxins were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 2001-2012 and the diagnosis was based on PCR testing (2013-2018). RESULTS There was a total of 577 distinctive episodes of CDAD representing 5.2% of 10,995 tested stool samples with an annual positivity rate of 0.9%-11.8%. Of all CDAD cases, there were 230 (39.9%) community associated-CDAD, 105 (18.2%) community onset-health care facility associated disease, and 242 (42%) health care facility onset health care facility-associated disease (HCFO-HCFAD). There was a trend of increasing percentage of community onset-health care facility associated disease cases from 17% in 2001 to 20% in 2018 of all cases, and a trend towards less cases of community associated-CDAD from 85% to 50% over time. However, the percentages of HCFO-HCFAD percentages remained relatively stable. The rate of HCFO-HCFAD per 1,000 patient-days increased from 0.009 to 0.22 from 2001 to 2018, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The rate of CDAD was 5.15% among all tested samples and that there is a large proportion of community associated-CDAD. The findings parallel the data from developed countries and deserve further studies in the risk factors for community-associated CDAD. The segregation and isolation of people with disabilities are global problems, rooted in legislation and policy, social norms and traditional practices. The right to live independently and be included in the community, contained in article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, was created to combat the phenomenon of institutionalization and to spur efforts towards its eventual eradication. This essay offers a commentary on article 19, drawing on its drafting history, on the interpretation provided by the responsible UN body and on the efforts by that body to monitor and encourage compliance. It emphasizes the extent of the transformation required to realize the full ambition of the article and the need for cooperation across UN treaty bodies. The recently developed preoperative systemic inflammation response index (SIRI) was reported as a useful biomarker that could predict survival in certain types of malignant tumors. However, the prognostic value of preoperative SIRI in postmenopausal breast cancer remains unclear. This study aimed to explore the relationship between SIRI and survival in postmenopausal patients with breast cancer. A total of 390 postmenopausal patients with breast cancer who underwent a mastectomy at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center were retrospectively studied. SIRI was based on peripheral neutrophil, monocyte, and lymphocyte counts, calculated as neutrophil count × monocyte count/lymphocyte count. The best cut-off value for SIRI was determined using receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Patients were divided into 2 groupsLow SIRI 0.54. High SIRI was significantly related to progesterone receptor status. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that T stage, N stage, clinical stage, carcinoembryonic antigen, estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, endocrinotherapy, and SIRI were significantly correlated with overall survival (OS). Multivariate analysis showed that SIRI could also independently predict OS. Preoperative SIRI may be a reliable predictor of OS in postmenopausal patients with operable breast cancer to provide personalized prognostication and to assist in the formulation of a clinical treatment strategy. BACKGROUND Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RARP) has been poorly studied in men with renal graft. OBJECTIVE To determine the predictive factors for oncologic outcomes and complications after RARP in renal transplants recipients (RTRs). DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective multicenter controlled study identified all RTRs who had undergone RARP between 2008 and 2016 in 2 experts departments. All RTRs were matched 11 with patients who had also undergone RARP but with no history of renal transplant (control group). Conteltinib price INTERVENTION Robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Incontinence, oncologic outcomes, and complications according to the Clavien-Dindo classification. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Comparisons of the quantitative variables using Student's t tests, and comparisons of the qualitative variables using χ2 tests. Statistical analyses were performed using SAS (version 9.3). Independent risk factors of biochemical recurrence (BCR), postoperative complications, or iective comparative study remains necessary with more patients to confirm our results. BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a main cause of morbidity, hospitalization, and hospital readmission in kidney transplant recipients. We aimed to determine AKI incidence and risk factors following kidney transplant to assess outcomes such as renal function and graft loss after AKI. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study with hospitalized kidney transplant recipients during 2016 to 2017. Clinical data of 179 patients were reviewed. The primary outcome was AKI incidence and risk factors. To determine AKI occurrence, we based it on creatinine criteria from Acute Kidney Injury Network classification. RESULTS We documented a total of 179 hospital admissions; AKI was diagnosed in 104 patients (58.1%). Recipients with higher baseline serum creatinine (odds ratio, 2.6; confidence interval [CI], 1.5-4.5; P  less then .001) and hospital admission because of infections (odds ratio, 2.4; CI, 1.1-5.2; P = .020) were more likely to experience AKI. A total of 19 recipients (10.6%) had graft loss with a significant AKI association (P = .