A prospective nationwide study of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in Sweden

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-145

  Karlström, Olle ^b   Fryklund, Birgitta ^b   Tullus, Kjell ^b   Burman, Lars G ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFIXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031939455     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516277     Document Type: Article

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