Severe Clostridium difficile-associated disease in populations previously at low risk - Four states, 2005

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 54, Issue 47, 2005, Pages 1201-1205

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ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CHILD; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NEW JERSEY; OHIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 32544446901     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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