Clostridium difficile infection, hospital geography and time-space clustering

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 223-225

  Kroker, P B ^a   Bower, M ^a   Azadian, B ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CITY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SPACE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRAFFIC; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD;

EID: 0035054608     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.4.223     Document Type: Article

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