Open AccessThe Importance of Considering Different Healthcare Settings When Estimating the Burden of Clostridium difficile
Author(s) -
Jennifer L. Kuntz,
Philip M. Polgreen
Publication year - 2014
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/ciu955
Subject(s) - medicine , outpatient visits , clostridium difficile , outpatient clinic , emergency medicine , health care , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth , antibiotics
Traditional surveillance methods may underestimate the true burden of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) because they fail to capture cases brought to medical attention in outpatient settings or diagnosed during non-face-to-face patient-provider interactions.
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