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Multimorbidity in elderly hospitalised patients and risk of Clostridium difficile infection: a retrospective study with the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS)

OBJECTIVES: To identify the role of chronic comorbidities, considered together in a literature-validated index (Cumulative Illness Rating Scale, CIRS), and antibiotic or proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) treatments as risk factors for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in elderly mult...

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Autores principales: Ticinesi, Andrea, Nouvenne, Antonio, Folesani, Giuseppina, Prati, Beatrice, Morelli, Ilaria, Guida, Loredana, Turroni, Francesca, Ventura, Marco, Lauretani, Fulvio, Maggio, Marcello, Meschi, Tiziana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4636642/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503394
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009316

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