External validation of clinical prediction rules for complications and mortality following Clostridioides difficile infection

• Catherine Beauregard-Paultre ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine Beauregard-Paultre, Claire Nour Abou Chakra

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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• Claire Nour Abou Chakra ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Catherine Beauregard-Paultre, Claire Nour Abou Chakra

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Louis.Valiquette@USherbrooke.ca (LV); claire.abou@usherbrooke.ca (CNAC)

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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• Allison McGeer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Annie-Claude Labbé,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Ile-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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• Andrew E. Simor,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Microbiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Wayne Gold,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Matthew P. Muller,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation St.Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jeff Powis,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Kevin Katz,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Infection Control, North York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Suzanne M. Cadarette,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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• Jacques Pépin,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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• Louis Valiquette

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Louis.Valiquette@USherbrooke.ca (LV); claire.abou@usherbrooke.ca (CNAC)

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

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