Increasing Age Has Limited Impact on Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection in an Elderly Population

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies have found increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with increasing age. We hypothesized that increased CDI risk in an elderly population is due to poorer overall health status with older age. METHODS: A total of 174 903 persons aged 66 years and older cod...

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Autores principales: Olsen, Margaret A, Stwalley, Dustin, Demont, Clarisse, Dubberke, Erik R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy160

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6054265/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30046643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy160

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