Clostridium difficile: Experience at a secondary hospital;Diarrea asociada a Clostridium difficile: Experiencia en un hospital secundario

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 331-333

  de Isusi, Ana M ^a   González, Elvira ^a   Gayoso Diz, Pilar ^b   Gastelu Iturri, Juan ^b   Barbeito, Luis ^c   Fernández, Ricardo ^a  

^a Servicio de Medicina Interna   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Investigacion   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Microbiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Hyponatremia; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; LAXATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENESCENCE; VOMITING;

EID: 0142093991     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13050841     Document Type: Article

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