Prevalence and Clinical Outcomes of Clostridium difficile Infection in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

We found that ICU setting is associated with higher Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) prevalence than general hospital population and 25% among CDI cases in ICU develop pseudomembranous colitis. CDI also affects adversely overall hospital mortality, ICU and overall hospital stay. Background.  In...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Open forum infectious diseases 2016-01, Vol.3 (1), p.ofv186-ofv186
Hauptverfasser:	Karanika, Styliani, Paudel, Suresh, Zervou, Fainareti N., Grigoras, Christos, Zacharioudakis, Ioannis M., Mylonakis, Eleftherios
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Major
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