Importance of underlying mechanisms for interpreting relative risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among antibiotic-exposed patients in healthcare facilities

Christopher Mitchell; Lindsay T. Keegan; Thuy T. T. Le; Karim Khader; Alexander Beams; Matthew H. Samore; Damon J. A. Toth

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0306622

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Importance of underlying mechanisms for interpreting relative risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among antibiotic-exposed patients in healthcare facilities

Christopher Mitchell ,

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: cmitchell@tarleton.edu

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-9370

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Lindsay T. Keegan,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Thuy T. T. Le,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Karim Khader,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Alexander Beams,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Matthew H. Samore,

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Damon J. A. Toth

Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Department of Mathematics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Importance of underlying mechanisms for interpreting relative risk of Clostridioides difficile infection among antibiotic-exposed patients in healthcare facilities

Christopher Mitchell,
Lindsay T. Keegan,
Thuy T. T. Le,
Karim Khader,
Alexander Beams,
Matthew H. Samore,
Damon J. A. Toth

Published: August 8, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306622

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