Clostridium difficile in the Intensive Care Unit: Epidemiology, Costs, and Colonization Pressure
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Clostridium difficile in the intensive care unit: epidemiology, costs, and colonization pressure.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the epidemiology, outcomes, and importance of Clostridium difficile colonization pressure (CCP) as a risk factor for C. difficile-associated disease (CDAD) acquisition in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. DESIGN Secondary analysis of data from a 30-month retrospective cohort study. SETTING A 19-bed medical ICU in a midwestern tertiary care referral center. PATIENTS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0899-823X,1559-6834
DOI: 10.1086/511793