Nosocomial Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in patients older than 80 years;Diarrea nosocomial por Clostridium difficile en mayores de 80 años

Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 70-77

  Canovas C ^a   Merino, F J ^a  

^a Hospital Virgen del Mirón   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Elderly; Nosocomial diarrhoea

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE ASSOCIATED DIARRHEA; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MALNUTRITION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 17644420326     PISSN: 0211139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0211-139X(05)74831-9     Document Type: Article

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