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2431. When More is Less – Recognizing More Community-onset Clostridium difficile Infections Helps to Dramatically Lower C diff Standardized Infection Ratio (SIR)

BACKGROUND: It is essential to recognize the true burden of community-onset (CO) Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in hospital, not only because it prevents late recognition of CO CDI as being classified as a hospital-onset (HO) event, but also to assure appropriate contact precautions and thera...

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Autores principales: Parada, Jorge P, Green, Melissa, Wright, Dominique, Parilla, Deborah, Hedlund, Heather, Harrington, Amanda, Smith, Kevin R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809553/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2109