Performance of severity of illness classification for Clostridium difficile infection to predict need-for-colectomy or inpatient death

Background: In current state of practice, disease severity assessment for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) lacks consensus between different organizations. In the latest guidelines for management of CDI, authors have proposed a new disease severity classification. This classification has been d...

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Main Authors: Adnan Khan, Ahmad Elashery, Shyam Kapadia, Subhash Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-07-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/24711/pdf_1