Stacy Holzbauer, DVM, MPH, lead author of the study and career epidemiology field officer for the CDC and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) presented their findings. The researchers interviewed 1,626 people with community-associated C difficile between 2009 and 2015, and noted that, of those, 926 reported they had been prescribed antibiotics, and 136 of those for dental procedures.
Source: Dentists to Blame for Increasing C Diff Cases? / Pharmacy Times