Clinical Risk Factors for SevereClostridium difficile–associated Disease
Open Access
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 15 (3), 415-422
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1503.080312
Abstract
Rapidly available information, such as age and laboratory and radiologic data, can be used to identify adverse outcomes.Keywords
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