Secular trends in hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile disease in the United States, 1987-2001

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 189, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1585-1589

  Archibald, Lennox K ^a,b   Banerjee, Shailen N ^a   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Regeneration Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2442464696     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383045     Document Type: Review

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