Burden of Clostridium difficile-associated disease among patients residing in nursing homes: a population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI) is the leading cause of nosocomial diarrhea in the United States. This study aimed to examine the incidence of CDI and evaluate mortality and economic burden of CDI in an elderly population who reside in nursing homes (NHs). METHODS: T...

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Autores principales: Yu, Holly, Baser, Onur, Wang, Li
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27884118
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0367-2

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