The Importance of Abnormal Platelet Count in Patients with <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection.

J Clin Med · 2021 · PMC8268691 · PMID 34209348

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The rate of rCDI, was 21/348 (6.0%) for the control, highest among patients with thrombocytopenia 12/118 (10.1%), and lowest among patients with thrombocytosis 1/61 (1.6%), however, the difference did not reach statistical significance due to the low number of rCDI events ( p = 0.08). 8.

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