Hospital discharge abstracts have limited accuracy in identifying occurrence of Clostridium difficile infections among hospitalized individuals with inflammatory bowel disease: A population-based study

BACKGROUND: Hospital discharge databases are used to study the epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infections (CDI) among hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). CDI in IBD is increasingly important and accurately estimating its occurrence is critical in understanding its como...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Singh, Harminder, Nugent, Zoann, Yu, B. Nancy, Lix, Lisa M., Targownik, Laura, Bernstein, Charles
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5310850/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28199401
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171266
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