Factors associated with nosocomial diarrhea and Clostridium difficile-associated disease on the adult wards of an urban tertiary care hospital

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-15

  Schwaber, M J ^a   Simhon, A ^a   Block, C ^a   Roval, V ^a   Ferderber, N ^a   Shapiro, M ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE TOXIN B;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOSPORINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033622314     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050002     Document Type: Article

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