Six years evaluation of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea;Clostridium difficile'ye baǧli ishal olgularinin 6 yillik deǧerlendirmesi

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-50

  Ercis, Serpil ^a   Ergin, Alper ^a   Hasçelik, Gülşen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic associated diarrhea; Clostridium difficile; Toxin detection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; TOXB PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28744450383     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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