Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Hota, Susy S. ; Achonu, Camille ; Crowcroft, Natasha S. ; Harvey, Bart J. ; Lauwers, Albert ; Gardam, Michael A.
• Description:
  To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007-2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data.
• Subjects:
  Cause Of Death Cross Infection Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous Hospitalization Hospital Mortality Humans Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Sensitivity And Specificity
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 18(2):305-307.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ontario, Canada
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1a8bd9ddc4ebf23304757a9ee010c086e04ae0b6a7c915d2132b93863cdb5a2c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/18502/cdc_18502_DS1.pdf
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