TY  - JOUR
IS  - 7
N1  - PMCID: PMC3409138
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SP  - ?
VL  - 9
JF  - PLoS Med
A1  - Schlackow, I
A1  - Walker, AS
A1  - Dingle, K
A1  - Griffiths, D
A1  - Oakley, S
A1  - Finney, J
A1  - Vaughan, A
A1  - Gill, MJ
A1  - Crook, DW
A1  - Peto, TE
A1  - Wyllie, DH
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001279
SN  - 1549-1277
TI  - Surveillance of infection severity: a registry study of laboratory diagnosed Clostridium difficile
Y1  - 2012/07//
AV  - public
EP  -  ?
KW  - Aged
KW  -  Aged
KW  -  80 and over
KW  -  Clostridium Infections
KW  -  Clostridium difficile
KW  -  Computer Simulation
KW  -  Demography
KW  -  Female
KW  -  Great Britain
KW  -  Humans
KW  -  Incidence
KW  -  Laboratories
KW  -  Hospital
KW  -  Male
KW  -  Models
KW  -  Biological
KW  -  Neutrophils
KW  -  Population Surveillance
KW  -  Registries
KW  -  Regression Analysis
KW  -  Reproducibility of Results
KW  -  Retrospective Studies
KW  -  Severity of Illness Index
KW  -  Virulence
N2  - Changing clinical impact, as virulent clones replace less virulent ones, is a feature of many pathogenic bacterial species and can be difficult to detect. Consequently, innovative techniques monitoring infection severity are of potential clinical value.
ID  - discovery1417043
ER  -