Validation of the SHEA/IDSA severity criteria to predict poor outcomes among inpatients and outpatients with Clostridioides difficile infection.

Vanessa W StevensHolly E ShoemakerMakoto M JonesBarbara E JonesRichard E NelsonKarim KhaderMatthew H SamoreMichael A Rubin

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2020)

Model performances across care settings and criteria versions were generally poor but had reasonably high negative predictive value. Many patients in the subacute-care setting, an increasing fraction of CDI cases, could not be classified. More work is needed to develop criteria to identify patients at risk of poor outcomes.

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