Risk factors for developing clostridium difficile (aka c. diff) and/or risk stratification for development and reoccurrence of C. Diff

This collection contains 36 articles on risk factors for developing clostridium difficile (aka cdiff) and/or risk stratification for development and reoccurence of cdiff.

Here is one search technique that was used to find articles in PubMed: ((“Clostridium Difficile”[Mesh] OR “clostridium difficile”[ti] OR “c diff”[ti] OR cdiff[ti]) AND (“Risk Factors”[Mesh] OR “risk factors”[ti]) AND (systematic[sb] OR Meta-Analysis[ptyp])) OR ((“Clostridium Difficile”[Mesh] OR “clostridium difficile”[ti] OR “c diff”[ti] OR cdiff[ti]) AND ((risk OR risks) AND (stratify OR stratifies OR stratified OR stratifying OR stratification)))

To access the collection and to read abstracts and access full text (where available) using the Find it @ Emory button, please first open Emory’s instance of PubMed. Once you have accessed PubMed, copy/paste the following url into the same browser window: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/collections/56047643/
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About Lisa

I have been a Clinical Informationist (aka Medical Librarian) for Emory University since September 2013. Prior to that, I was a Medical Librarian for Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) from March 2007 to August 2013 and served its DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM), Caylor School of Nursing, and allied health programs. From January 2002 - March 2007, I served the Medical Assisting (MA), Occupational Therapy Assistant, Physical Therapy Assistant, Radiologic Technologist, and Nursing programs at South College in Knoxville, Tennessee. I graduated from The University of Tennessee School of Information Sciences with a Master of Science degree in December 2000. Received a Educational Specialist (EdS) degree in Educational Administration and Supervision with a higher education focus in August 2010 from LMU.

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