Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease2002Vol. 44pp. -
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jj2002diagnosticepidemiology
Abstract
Clostridium difficile causes diarrhea in HIV infected patients but reports of prevalence, risk factors, and outcome vary. We studied the impact of C. difficile in 161 HIV infected inpatients admitted to Cook County Hospital. Patients with C. difficile had more hospital admissions in the previous 6 m …