Clostridium difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: The new nosocomial alliance

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3513-3515

  Poduval, Rajiv D ^a   Kamath, Ramdas P ^a   Corpuz, Marilou ^a   Norkus, Edward P ^a   Pitchumoni, C S ^a  

^a OUR LADY OF MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERINFECTION;

AGED; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOSES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033634854     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02084-0     Document Type: Article

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