CDI_calculator v.1
Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) calculator stratifies the rate of CDI recurrence with patient age, severity of the disease and antibiotic use.
To calculate the total sum for the CDI score.
Use to group patients in low and respectively high risk groups, based on the possibility of suffering from recurring CDI. There are two risk groups, low and high, each with 2 recurrence rates. CDI score: Risk group: Recurrence rate: 0 Low 0% 1 Low 33.3% 2 High 71.4% 3 High 87.5%
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