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A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation

1987 • 44,619 citations

The meaning and use of the area under a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve.

1982 • 20,275 citations

Basic principles of ROC analysis

1978 • 5,844 citations

ASA Physical Status Classifications

1978 • 1,898 citations

Nosocomial Acquisition ofClostridium difficileInfection

1989 • 1,367 citations

Clostridium difficile Colitis

1994 • 1,328 citations

Asymptomatic Carriage ofClostridium difficileand Serum Levels of IgG Antibody against Toxin A

2000 • 937 citations

Health Care Costs and Mortality Associated with Nosocomial Diarrhea Due to Clostridium difficile

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A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Saccharomyces boulardii in Combination With Standard Antibiotics for Clostridium difficile Disease

1994 • 846 citations

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1995 • 654 citations

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1989 • 581 citations

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Assessing illness severity: Does clinical judgment work?

1986 • 293 citations

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1998 • 293 citations

Hospital-wide Restriction of Clindamycin: Effect on the Incidence of Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea and Cost

1998 • 251 citations

Decrease in Nosocomial Clostridium difficile–Associated Diarrhea by Restricting Clindamycin Use

1994 • 239 citations

Successful control of Clostridium difficile infection in an elderly care unit through use of a restrictive antibiotic policy

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Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Toxin-Associated Diarrhea

1990 • 181 citations

Measuring Severity of Illness: Homogeneous Case Mix Groups

1983 • 145 citations

ASA — Physical Status Classification

1988 • 136 citations

Epidemiology of infectious and iatrogenic nosocomial diarrhea in a cohort of general medicine patients

1995 • 130 citations

The role of antimicrobial agents in the aetiology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease

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Measuring Severity of Illness: Comparisons Across Institutions

1983 • 109 citations

Clostridium difficile

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Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile Toxin-Associated Diarrhea

1990 • 95 citations

Recurrent Clostridium difficile diarrhoea

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Epidemic Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea: Role of Second- and Third-Generation Cephalosporins

1994 • 85 citations

Infection control and prevention of Clostridium difficile infection

1998 • 66 citations

Oligosaccharide Sequences Attached to an Inert Support (SYNSORB) as Potential Therapy for Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhea and Pseudomembranous Colitis

1994 • 59 citations

Clinical prediction rules to optimize cytotoxin testing for Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patients with diarrhea

1996 • 58 citations

Cleaning up Clostridium difficile infection

1996 • 57 citations

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1994 • 46 citations

A receptor decoy inhibits the enterotoxic effects of Clostridium difficile toxin A in rat ileum

1996 • 40 citations

Measuring Severity of Illness: A Reliability Study

1983 • 38 citations

Prospects for a Vaccine for Clostridium difficile

1998 • 28 citations

Predicting Clostridium difficile Stool Cytotoxin Results in Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea

1997 • 21 citations

Predicting Clostridium difficile Stool Cytotoxin Results in Hospitalized Patients with Diarrhea

1997 • 16 citations

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1955 • 0 citations