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Determining Mortality Rates Attributable to Clostridium difficile Infection

2012; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Volume: 18; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3201/eid1802.101611

1080-6059

Susy Hota, Camille Achonu, Natasha S. Crowcroft, Bart J. Harvey, Albert E. Lauwers, Michael Gardam,

Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies

To determine accuracy of measures of deaths attributable to Clostridium difficile infection, we compared 3 measures for 2007-2008 in Ontario, Canada: death certificate; death within 30 days of infection; and panel review. Data on death within 30 days were more feasible than panel review and more accurate than death certificate data.