Artificial Differences in Clostridium difficile Infection Rates Associated with Disparity in Testing

In 2015, Clostridium difficile testing rates among 30 US community, multispecialty, and cancer hospitals were 14.0, 16.3, and 33.9/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Pooled hospital onset rates were 0.56, 0.84, and 1.57/1,000 patient-days, respectively. Higher testing rates may artificially inflate r...

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Autores principales: Kamboj, Mini, Brite, Jennifer, Aslam, Anoshe, Kennington, Jessica, Babady, N. Esther, Calfee, David, Furuya, Yoko, Chen, Donald, Augenbraun, Michael, Ostrowsky, Belinda, Patel, Gopi, Mircescu, Monica, Kak, Vivek, Tuma, Roman, Karre, Teresa A., Fry, Deborah A., Duhaney, Yola P., Moyer, Amber, Mitchell, Denise, Cantu, Sherry, Hsieh, Candace, Warren, Nancy, Martin, Stacy, Willson, Jill, Dickman, Jeanne, Knight, Julie, Delahanty, Kim, Flood, Annemarie, Harrington, Jennifer, Korenstein, Deborah, Eagan, Janet, Sepkowitz, Kent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2018
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.170961

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823336/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29460760
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2403.170961

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