Lack of adherence to SHEA-IDSA treatment guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection is associated with increased mortality | Zendy

Ishan Patel | Zendy; Manida Wungjiranirun | Zendy; Thimmaiah Theethira | Zendy; Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez | Zendy; Natalia E. Castillo Almeida | Zendy; Mona Akbari | Zendy; Carolyn D. Alonso | Zendy; Daniel A. Leffler | Zendy; Ciarán P. Kelly | Zendy

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Lack of adherence to SHEA-IDSA treatment guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection is associated with increased mortality

Author(s) -

Ishan Patel,

Manida Wungjiranirun,

Thimmaiah Theethira,

Javier Villafuerte-Gálvez,

Natalia E. Castillo Almeida,

Mona Akbari,

Carolyn D. Alonso,

Daniel A. Leffler,

Ciarán P. Kelly

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkw423

Subject(s) - medicine , clostridium difficile , guideline , epidemiology , mortality rate , medical record , retrospective cohort study , antibiotics , pediatrics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology

The objective of this study was to determine our institution's compliance with 2010 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and IDSA Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) treatment guidelines and their respective outcomes.

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