A Multi-Center Prospective Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Severe Clostridium difficile Infection

Xi Na; Alan J. Martin; Saurabh Sethi; Lorraine Kyne; Kevin W. Garey; Sarah W. Flores; Mary Hu; Dhara N. Shah; Kelsey Shields; Daniel A. Leffler; Ciarán P. Kelly

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123405

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A Multi-Center Prospective Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Severe Clostridium difficile Infection

Xi Na ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xi Na, Alan J. Martin

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Alan J. Martin ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xi Na, Alan J. Martin

Affiliation Department of Medicine for the Older Person, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Saurabh Sethi,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lorraine Kyne,

Affiliation Department of Medicine for the Older Person, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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Kevin W. Garey,

Affiliation University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Sarah W. Flores,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Mary Hu,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Dhara N. Shah,

Affiliation University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Kelsey Shields,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Daniel A. Leffler,

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ciarán P. Kelly

* E-mail: ckelly2@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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A Multi-Center Prospective Derivation and Validation of a Clinical Prediction Tool for Severe Clostridium difficile Infection

Xi Na,
Alan J. Martin,
Saurabh Sethi,
Lorraine Kyne,
Kevin W. Garey,
Sarah W. Flores,
Mary Hu,
Dhara N. Shah,
Kelsey Shields,
Daniel A. Leffler

Published: April 23, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123405

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