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

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 18...

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Main Authors: D. Schmid, H.W. Kuo, E. Simons, E.E. Kanitz, J. Wenisch, F. Allerberger, C. Wenisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-03-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034113001329