Comparison of 3 Severity Criteria for Clostridium difficile Infection.

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Comparison of 3 Severity Criteria for Clostridium difficile Infection.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Feb;35(2):196-9

Authors: Gomez-Simmonds A, Kubin CJ, Furuya EY

Abstract
Effective severity criteria are needed to guide management of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). In this retrospective study, outcomes were compared between patients with mild-moderate versus severe CDI according to 3 different severity criteria: those included in the 2010 Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America/Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines, those from a recent clinical trial, and our hospital-specific guidelines.

PMID: 24442086 [PubMed - in process]

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