Incidence of Clostridium difficile infection: A prospective study in an Indian hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 275-280

  Dhawan, B ^a   Chaudhry, R ^a   Sharma, N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; ENTEROTOXIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033373197     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90423-1     Document Type: Article

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