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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1806.111188
Personal Author:
Jones, Gabrielle ; Taright, Namik ; Boelle, Pierre Yves ; Marty, Jeanne ; Lalande, Valérie ; ... More +
Jones, Gabrielle ; Taright, Namik ; Boelle, Pierre Yves ; Marty, Jeanne ; Lalande, Valérie ; Eckert, Catherine ; Barbut, Frédéric Less -
Description:
The sensitivity and specificity of surveillance for Clostridium difficile infections according to International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, codes were compared with laboratory results as standard. Sensitivity was 35.6%; specificity was 99.9%. Concordance between the 2 methods was moderate. Surveillance based on ICD-10 codes underestimated the rate based on laboratory results.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bacteria
Clostridium Difficile
Clostridium Infections
Diarrhea
Dispatch
Epidemiology
False Negative Reactions
Female
France
Humans
ICD-10 Codes
Incidence
International Classification Of Diseases
Male
Middle Aged
Population Surveillance
Sensitivity And Specificity
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surveillance
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 18(6):979-981.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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