Nosocomial diarrhea outbreak due to Clostridium difficile in a vascular surgery department;Brote nosocomial de diarrea por Clostridium difficile en un servicio de cirugía vascular

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Pazos, Rosario ^a,e   Isusi, Ana ^a   Fernández, Ricardo ^a   Barbeito, Luis ^b   Bravo, Ana ^a   Cantón, Isabel ^a   Gayoso, Pilar ^c   Lebrato, Ramón ^d  

^a Servico de Medicine Interna   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Microbiología   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Investigacion   (Spain)

^d Servicio de Cirugía General   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Diarrhea; Nosocomial outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; X2 TEST;

EID: 0037868894     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13046542     Document Type: Article

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