Epidemiology and incidence of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea diagnosed upon admission to a university hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-46

  Price, M F ^a   Dao Tran, T ^a   Garey, K W ^a,b   Graham, G ^a   Gentry, L O ^a,d   Dhungana, L ^c   DuPont, H L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case definition; Clostridium difficile; Incidence rates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STANDARDIZATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS;

EID: 33845572054     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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