Clostridium difficileRibotype 027: Relationship to Age, Detectability of Toxins A or B in Stool With Rapid Testing, Severe Infection, and Mortality | Zendy

Krishna Rao | Zendy; Dejan Micić | Zendy; Mukil Natarajan | Zendy; Spencer Winters | Zendy; Mark J. Kiel | Zendy; Seth T. Walk | Zendy; Kavitha Santhosh | Zendy; Jill A. Mogle | Zendy; Andrzej T. Gałecki | Zendy; William LeBar | Zendy; Peter Higgins | Zendy; Vincent B. Young | Zendy; David M. Aronoff | Zendy

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Clostridium difficileRibotype 027: Relationship to Age, Detectability of Toxins A or B in Stool With Rapid Testing, Severe Infection, and Mortality

Author(s) -

Krishna Rao,

Dejan Micić,

Mukil Natarajan,

Spencer Winters,

Mark J. Kiel,

Seth T. Walk,

Kavitha Santhosh,

Jill A. Mogle,

Andrzej T. Gałecki,

William LeBar,

Peter Higgins,

Vincent B. Young,

David M. Aronoff

Publication year - 2015

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/civ254

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , odds ratio , clostridium difficile toxin a , antibiotics , confidence interval , intensive care unit , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) can cause severe disease and death, especially in older adults. A better understanding of risk factors for adverse outcomes is needed. This study tests the hypotheses that infection with specific ribotypes and presence of stool toxins independently associate with severity and constructs predictive models of adverse outcomes.

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