Determining mortality rates attributable to clostridium difficile infection

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-307

  Hota, Susy S ^a   Achonu, Camille ^b   Crowcroft, Natasha S ^b,c   Harvey, Bart J ^c   Lauwers, Albert ^d   Gardam, Michael A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 84856327544     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1802.101611     Document Type: Review

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