Screening for carriage and nosocomial acquisition of Clostridium difficile by culture: A study of 284 admissions of elderly patients to six general hospitals in Wales [3]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 4 SUPPL., 1999, Pages 317-319

  Brazier, J S ^a   Fitzgerald, T C ^a   Hosein, I ^a   Cefai, C ^a   Looker, N ^a   Walker, M ^a   Bushell, A C ^a   Rooney, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TOXIN;

AGED; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; FECES; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SCREENING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033387862     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0195-6701(99)90431-0     Document Type: Letter

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