Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhoea after Internal Fixation of Intertrochanteric Femoral Fractures

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 615-618

  Sharma, P ^a   Bomireddy, R ^a   Phillips, S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DEATH; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0242298143     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1000-9     Document Type: Article

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