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External validation of clinical scores to predict complications of Clostridium difficile infection

BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common cause of nosocomial diarrhea. About one in 5 patients with CDI (median 18%) develop a complication (cCDI), including mortality. Many predictive scores have been published to identify patients at risk of cCDI but none is currently r...

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Autores principales: Beauregard-Paultre, Catherine, Chakra, Claire Nour Abou, Mcgeer, Allison, Labbé, Annie-Claude, Simor, Andrew E, Gold, Wayne, Muller, Matthew P, Powis, Jeff, Katz, Kevin, Cadarette, Suzanne, Pépin, Jacques, Garneau, Julian R, Valiquette, Louis
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/PMC5631488/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.1005