Frequent hospital readmissions for Clostridium difficile infection and the impact on estimates of hospital-associated C. difficile burden

Authors

Courtney R. Murphy, University of California - Irvine
Taliser R. Avery, Harvard University
Erik R. Dubberke, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisFollow
Susan S. Huang, University of California - IrvineFollow

Journal

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Publication Date

2012

Volume

33

Issue

1

Inclusive Pages

20-28

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1086/663209

Rights and Permissions

Frequent Hospital Readmissions for Clostridium difficile Infection and the Impact on Estimates of Hospital-Associated C. difficile Burden Courtney R. Murphy, Taliser R. Avery, Erik R. Dubberke and Susan S. Huang Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology , Vol. 33, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 20-28 Published by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Article DOI: 10.1086/663209 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/663209

Recommended Citation

Murphy, Courtney R.; Avery, Taliser R.; Dubberke, Erik R.; and Huang, Susan S., "Frequent hospital readmissions for Clostridium difficile infection and the impact on estimates of hospital-associated C. difficile burden." Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 33, 1. 20-28. (2012).
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