Concomitant Medical Conditions and Therapies Preclude Accurate Classification of Children With Severe or Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection Journal Article

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Authors: Kociolek, L. K.; Patel, S. J.; Shulman, S. T.; Gerding, D. N.
Article Title: Concomitant Medical Conditions and Therapies Preclude Accurate Classification of Children With Severe or Severe Complicated Clostridium difficile Infection
Abstract: Severe and severe complicated Clostridium difficile infections (SCDI/SCCDI) were retrospectively assessed in a pediatric cohort. Underlying medical conditions and concomitant medical therapy preclude accurate classification of children with SCDI/SCCDI, using current CDI severity definitions. Revised CDI definitions in children should focus on more objective, age-appropriate, and CDI-specific markers of severity.
Journal Title: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
ISSN: 2048-7207; 2048-7193
Publisher: . Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society  
Journal Place: England
Date Published: 2015
Start Page: e139
End Page: 42
Language: eng
DOI/URL:

10.1093/jpids/piu121
Notes: CI: (c) The Author 2014; JID: 101586049; OTO: NOTNLM; 2014/09/17 [received]; 2014/11/30 [accepted]; 2014/12/29 [aheadofprint]; ppublish
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