Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Am J Infect Control. 2020 Mar;48(3):342-344. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.11.024. Epub 2019 Oct 9.
The case-case study design is a potentially useful tool for infection preventionists during outbreak or cluster investigations. This column clarifies terminology related to case-case, case-control, and case-case-control study designs. Examples of practical applications of the case-case study design include determining risk factors for health care-onset versus community-onset infections, or antibiotic-resistant versus antibiotic-susceptible infections.
病例-病例研究设计是暴发或聚集性调查期间感染防控人员的一种潜在有用的工具。本专栏澄清了与病例-病例、病例对照和病例-病例对照研究设计相关的术语。病例-病例研究设计的实际应用示例包括确定医院获得性与社区获得性感染、抗生素耐药性与抗生素敏感性感染的危险因素。
