C. diff Developed in Hospital Raises Costs

The cost of treating patients for hospital-onset clostridium difficile infection is higher than for patients without the infection, independent of principal disease and other characteristics, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

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Researchers examined hospital-onset CDI in adult inpatients at six Pennsylvania hospitals from 2007 to 2008.

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