Clostridioides Difficile Infection Patient Profiles and Outcomes

Maria Paz Ventero's dataset details patient demographics, healthcare exposure, comorbidities, clinical course, treatment, and outcomes for Clostridioides difficile infection episodes. The dataset is small at 9.5 KB, stored in an XLS file. It was last updated on April 6, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between patient demographic characteristics and clinical outcomes like recurrence or mortality.
• Model the impact of specific comorbidities on infection severity or treatment response.
• Assess the association between previous healthcare exposure metrics and infection episode characteristics.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• Includes multiple clinical dimensions: demographics, exposure, comorbidities, treatment, and outcomes.

Limitations

• Very small data volume at 9.5 KB, indicating a limited sample size.
• Unknown row count prevents assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

Maria Paz Ventero via figshare.

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