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Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) Risk Calculation

Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) is the most common cause responsible for cases of diarrhea and colitishe. Severity of which ranges from mild diarrhea to fulminant pseudomembranous colitis. The mortality rate is 1 to 2.5 percent.

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Clostridium Difficile Infection (CDI) Calculator

Age>65 Years
Severe or fulminant illness
Any non-CDI antibiotics
used are diagnosis of CDI
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The severity was classified on the basis of total score as follows;

* Score 0: Low risk; 0% recurrence rate
* Score 1: Low risk; 33.3% recurrence rate
* Score 2: High risk; 71.4% recurrence rate
* Score 3: High risk; 87.5% recurrence rate

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