TY - JOUR AU - Jones, Gabrielle AU - Taright, Namik AU - Boelle, Pierre Yves AU - Marty, Jeanne AU - Lalande, Valérie AU - Eckert, Catherine AU - Barbut, Frédéric T1 - Accuracy of ICD-10 Codes for Surveillance of Clostridium difficile Infections, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2012 VL - 18 IS - 6 SP - 979 SN - 1080-6059 AB - The sensitivity and specificity of surveillance for Clostridium difficile infections according to International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, codes were compared with laboratory results as standard. Sensitivity was 35.6%; specificity was 99.9%. Concordance between the 2 methods was moderate. Surveillance based on ICD-10 codes underestimated the rate based on laboratory results. KW - Clostridium difficile KW - International Classification of Diseases KW - ICD-10 codes KW - surveillance KW - epidemiology KW - bacteria KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid1806.111188 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/18/6/11-1188_article ER - End of Reference