Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea: One-year experience in a general hospital;Diarrea asociada a Clostridium difficile: Experiencia durante un ano en un Hospital General

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 424-430

  Bouza, E ^a   Padilla, B ^a   Catalan P ^a   Sanchez Carrillo C ^a   Blazquez R ^a   Pelaez T ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; diarrhoea; HIV; nosocomial; surgery complications

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RELAPSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; SPAIN;

EID: 0029949464     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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