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Assessment of independent comorbidities and comorbidity measures in predicting healthcare facility-onset Clostridioides difficile infection in Kenya
INTRODUCTION: Clostridioides difficile is primarily associated with hospital-acquired diarrhoea. The disease burden is aggravated in patients with comorbidities due to increased likelihood of polypharmacy, extended hospital stays and compromised immunity. The study aimed to investigate comorbidity p...
Autores principales: | Mutai, Winnie C., Mureithi, Marianne, Anzala, Omu, Kullin, Brian, Ofwete, Robert, Kyany’ a, Cecilia, Odoyo, Erick, Musila, Lillian, Revathi, Gunturu |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10022263/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36962261 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000090 |
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