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Prevalence and impact of Clostridium difficile infection in elderly residents of long-term care facilities, 2011: A nationwide study
The elderly population is particularly vulnerable to Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), but the epidemiology of CDI in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is unknown. We performed a retrospective cohort study and used US 2011 LTCF resident data from the Minimum Data Set 3.0 linked to Medicare clai...
Autores principales: | Ziakas, Panayiotis D., Joyce, Nina, Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Zervou, Fainareti N., Besdine, Richard W., Mor, Vincent, Mylonakis, Eleftherios |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4979776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27495022 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004187 |
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