Prevalence and predictors of C. difficile infections in hospitalized patients with major surgical procedures in the USA: Analysis using traditional and machine learning methods.

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Authors

• Veerajalandhar Allareddy
  Chief of Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
• Tong Wang
  School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030000, China; Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention (Shanxi Medical University), Ministry of Education, Taiyuan 030000, China.
• Sankeerth Rampa
  Health Care Administration Program, School of Business - Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, USA.
• Jennifer Caplin
  Department of Orthodontics, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL, USA.
• Romesh Nalliah
  Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, School of Dentistry - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
• Aditya Badheka
  Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Stead Family Children's Hospital, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA. Electronic address: aditya-badheka@uiowa.edu.
• Veerasathpurush Allareddy
  Department Head and Brodie Craniofacial Endowed Chair, Department of Orthodontics - University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, Chicago, IL, USA.

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