Epidemiology of recurrences or reinfections of Clostridium difficile- associated diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2386-2388

  Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b   Richard, Anne ^a   Hamadi, Kheira ^a   Chomette, Valérie ^a   Burghoffer, Béatrice ^a   Petit, Jean Claude ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RIBOTYPING; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034050010     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2386-2388.2000     Document Type: Article

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