489. Validation of the SHEA/IDSA Severity Criteria to Predict Poor Outcomes Among Inpatients and Outpatients With Clostridium difficile Infection

BACKGROUND: The SHEA/IDSA clinical practice guidelines suggest using leukocytosis (WBC ≥15,000 cells/µl) and serum creatinine (SCr) to identify severe cases of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). It is unclear whether these criteria adequately predict poor outcomes among patients with CDI in the...

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Publicado en:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Stevens, Vanessa, Jones, Makoto, Nelson, Richard E, Khader, Karim, Samore, Matthew, Rubin, Michael
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6254106/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.498
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