Use administrative databases with caution
- 6 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by CMA Impact Inc. in CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Vol. 180 (1) , 78
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.1080124
Abstract
There were 2 striking results in the article by Sandra Dial and colleagues: a sharp increase in the number of cases of community-acquired Clostridium difficile -associated diarrhea in 2003 and 2004 in Quebec and a low rate of antibiotic exposure in the weeks preceding the infection.[1][1] TheKeywords
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