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We investigated the risks for and outcomes of CDI in hospitalized leukemia patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X15000549_abs2\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Adults with a primary diagnosis of leukemia were extracted from the United States Nationwide Inpatient Sample database, 2005\u20132011. The primary outcomes of interest were CDI incidence, CDI-associated mortality, length of stay (LOS), and charges. In a secondary analysis, we sought to identify independent risk factors for CDI in leukemia patients. Logistic regression was used to derive odds ratios (ORs) adjusted for potential confounders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X15000549_abs3\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 1,243,107 leukemia hospitalizations were identified. Overall CDI incidence was 3.4% and increased from 3.0% to 3.5% during the 7-year study period. Leukemia patients had 2.6-fold higher risk for CDI than non-leukemia patients, adjusted for LOS. CDI was associated with a 20% increase in mortality of leukemia patients, as well as 2.6 times prolonged LOS and higher hospital charges. Multivariate analysis revealed that age &gt;65 years (OR, 1.13), male gender (OR, 1.14), prolonged LOS, admission to teaching hospital (OR, 1.16), complications of sepsis (OR, 1.83), neutropenia (OR, 1.35), renal failure (OR, 1.18), and bone marrow or stem cell transplantation (OR, 1.27) were significantly associated with CDI occurrence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0899823X15000549_abs4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Hospitalized leukemia patients have greater than twice the risk of CDI than non-leukemia patients. The incidence of CDI in this population increased 16.7% from 2005 to 2011. 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