All-cause mortality in hospitalized patients with infectious diarrhea: Clostridium difficile versus other enteric pathogens in Austria from 2008 to 2010

• Main Authors: D. Schmid (Author), H.W. Kuo (Author), E. Simons (Author), E.E. Kanitz (Author), J. Wenisch (Author), F. Allerberger (Author), C. Wenisch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Clostridium difficile infection is the leading cause of gastroenteritis-associated deaths in the industrialized world, followed by infection with norovirus. Methods: Using a cohort study design, we compared 90 inpatients with diarrhea due to C. difficile infection (CDI) with 180...