Difference in the incidence of Clostridium difficile among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus admitted to a public hospital and a private hospital

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 641-647

  Pulvirenti, Joseph J ^a   Gerding, Dale N ^b   Nathan, Catherine ^a   Hafiz, Irfan ^a   Mehra, Tarun ^d   Marsh, Dayle ^a   Kocka, Frank ^a   Rice, Thomas ^a   Fischer, Staci A ^c   Segreti, John ^c   Weinstein, Robert A ^d  

^a Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Lyndon Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0036846382     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501987     Document Type: Article

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