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382. Are errors of omission falsely inflating hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection numbers?

BACKGROUND: Identification of C. difficile infection (CDI) as community onset (CO) versus hospital onset (HO) is based upon the timing of the laboratory testing. Any lab diagnosis made after day 3 of hospitalization is classified as HO-CDI, even if there is clinical evidence that the patient had CDI...

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Autores principales: Parada, Jorge Paiva, Yussif, Mohamed, Lie, Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9752043/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac492.460

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