title: Increasing Incidence of and Increased Mortality Associated With Clostridium difficile-Associated Megacolon.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Service, The Center for Innovations in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Safety, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana2Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: SreyRam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuy
authors.affiliation: Regenstrief Institute, Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Indiana, Indianapolis.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.affiliation: Surgical Service, The Center for Innovations in Quality, Outcomes, and Patient Safety, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana2Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: Ramon A L
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Shreveport.
authors.forename: Navdeep
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Samra
authors.affiliation: Wound Care Center, University General Hospital, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: SreyReath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016360:Clostridioides difficile; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008531:Megacolon / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology