Evaluation of a risk score to predict future Clostridium difficile disease using UK primary care and hospital data in Clinical Practice Research Datalink

Evaluation of a risk score to predict future Clostridium difficile disease using UK primary care and hospital data in Clinical Practice Research Datalink

We evaluated the applicability of a Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) risk index developed for patients at hospital discharge to identify persons at high-risk of CDI in a primary care population. This retrospective observational study used data from the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink, li...

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Main Authors: Clare Marley, Yassine El Hahi, Germano Ferreira, Laura Woods, Ana Ramirez Villaescusa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-10-01
Series:Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics
Subjects:
clinical practice research datalink
clostridium difficile
hospital episode statistics
nosocomial infection
risk index
hospital-acquired infection
community-acquired infection
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1589288

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2019.1589288

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