Epidemiology of nosocomial infections due to Clostridium difficile;EPIDEMIOLOGIE DES INFECTIONS NOSOCOMIALES A CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE

Presse Medicale

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 385-392

  Barbut, F ^a   Petit, J C ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

AGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029988645     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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