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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1210.060016
Personal Author:
Dubberke, Erik R. ; Reske, Kimberly A. ; McDonald, L. Clifford ; Fraser, Victoria J.
Dubberke, Erik R. ; Reske, Kimberly A. ; McDonald, L. Clifford ; Fraser, Victoria J. Less -
Description:
We conducted a retrospective cohort study to compare Clostridium difficile-associated disease rates determined by C. difficile-toxin assays and International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) codes. The correlation between toxin assay results and ICD-9 codes was good (K = 0.72, p<0.01). The sensitivity of the ICD-9 codes was 78% and the specificity was 99.7%.
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Bacterial Toxins
Cohort Studies
Dispatch
Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity And Specificity

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 12(10):1576-1579.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
1U01C1000333-01/PHS HHS/United States ; UR8/CCU715087-06/1/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States
1U01C1000333-01/PHS HHS/United States ; UR8/CCU715087-06/1/CC/ODCDC CDC HHS/United States Less -
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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