Co-morbidities as predictors of mortality in Clostridium difficile infection and derivation of the ARC predictive score
Authors:
- M.R. WelfareMWM.R. Welfare
- L.C. LalayiannisLLL.C. Lalayiannis
- K.E. MartinKMK.E. Martin
- S. CorbettSCS. Corbett
- B. MarshallBMB. Marshall
- J.B. SarmaJSJ.B. Sarma
- 31 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Journal of Hospital Infection
- Vol. 79 (4) , 359-363
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