Mortality in hospitalized older adults associated with Clostridium difficile infection at a district hospital

• Autores principales: Johannis Andreas Karas (Autor), Simon Bradshaw (Autor), Wabas Mahmud (Autor), David A. Enoch (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: MDPI AG, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Clostridium difficile is the most common cause of hospital acquired infectious diarrhea in the developed world and has re-emerged in recent years with apparent greater morbidity and mortality. Despite this, there is little recent published data from the UK concerning associated mortality. We perform...