Surveillance for Clostridium difficile Infection: ICD-9 Coding Has Poor Sensitivity Compared to Laboratory Diagnosis in Hospital Patients, Singapore

INTRODUCTION: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is an increasingly recognized nosocomial infection in Singapore. Surveillance methods include laboratory reporting of Clostridium difficile toxin assays (CDTA) or use of International Classification of Diseases, 9(th) Revision (ICD-9) discharge cod...

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Autores principales: Chan, Monica, Lim, Poh Lian, Chow, Angela, Win, Mar Kyaw, Barkham, Timothy M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015603

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3024397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21283751
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015603

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