Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Cancer Patients with Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea Co-infected with a Second Enteropathogen

BACKGROUND: Cancer patients are at an increased risk for C. difficile infection (CDI) which is often identified along with other enteropathogens. The impact of co-infections on outcomes has not been established in this population. We compared the risk factors and clinical characteristics of patients...

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Autores principales: Yalamanchili, Harika, Chao, Andrew, Guevara, Eduardo Yepez, Aitken, Samuel L, Bhatti, Micah, Okhuysen, Pablo C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631324/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.881

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631324/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.881

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