Has the severity of Clostridium difficile infections increased?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-112

  Hawkyard, C ^a   Bignardi, G E ^a  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON RESECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEGACOLON; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERFORATION; SHOCK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33645899288     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.12.010     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Health Protection Agency. Outbreak of Clostridium difficile infection in a hospital in southeast England. CDR Wkly (Online) 15 24 (2005) 2-3
2. Pépin J., Valiquette L., Alary M.E., et al. Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea in a region of Quebec from 1991 to 2003: a changing pattern of disease severity. CMAJ 171 (2004) 466-472