A Cohort Study for the Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Scale for Hospital-Onset Clostridium difficile Infection

Affiliations

Subhash Chandra: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Nyan Latt: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Ujjval Jariwala: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Venkataraman Palabindala: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Rameet Thapa: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Chidamber B Alamelumangapuram: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Margarita Noel: Department of Medical Informatics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Surendra Marur: Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Niraj Jani: Department of Gastroenterology, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To develop and validate a clinical prediction scale for hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection (CDI).

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720