Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in the elderly

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3263-3266

  Brandt, Lawrence J ^a   Kosche, Katherine A ^a   Greenwald, David A ^a   Berkman, David ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0032747482     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00593-6     Document Type: Article

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