Risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile infection severity in hospitalized patients

M.A. Aldeyab; S. Cliffe; M. Scott; P. Flanagan; M. Kearney; J. McElnay; M. Aldiab

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.023

Risk factors associated with Clostridium difficile infection severity in hospitalized patients

M.A. Aldeyab, S. Cliffe, M. Scott, P. Flanagan, M. Kearney, J. McElnay, M. Aldiab

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	689-690
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.02.023
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

age
aged
Clostridium difficile infection
disease severity
high risk patient
hospital infection
hospital patient
human
letter
major clinical study
multivariate logistic regression analysis
nursing home
risk factor
cross infection
hospitalization
microbiology
Peptoclostridium difficile
pseudomembranous colitis
severity of illness index
very elderly
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Clostridium difficile
Cross Infection
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Hospitalization
Humans
Nursing Homes
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index

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