Risk Factors Associated With Complications and Mortality in Patients With Clostridium difficile Infection
Author(s) -
R. H. Morrison,
Nathan Hall,
Mohd Shahrir Mohamed Said,
T. Rice,
Harold L. Groff,
Stephanie K. Brodine,
Donald J. Slymen,
Edith Lederman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/cir668
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , clostridium difficile , toxic megacolon , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , logistic regression , risk factor , surgery , disease , ulcerative colitis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , antibiotics
Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) has increased in frequency and severity over the past decade. An understanding of the modifiable risk factors for disease severity has considerable clinical applicability.
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