Accuracy of ICD-10 codes for surveillance of clostridium difficile infections, France

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 979-981

  Jones, Gabrielle ^a   Taright, Namik ^a   Boelle, Pierre Yves ^a   Marty, Jeanne ^a   Lalande, Valérie ^a   Eckert, Catherine ^a   Barbut, Frédéric ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861212122     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1806.111188     Document Type: Article

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