Patients Aged 85 And Older at Highest Risk of C. Difficile

Patients aged 85 and older were at highest risk of Clostridium difficile infections, with hospital stays at a rate of 1,089 per 100,000 people, in 2009, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

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Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on C. difficile.

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